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Kidney — One of a pair of organs located in the right and left side of the abdomen which clear "poisons" from the blood, regulate acid concentration and maintain water balance in the body by excreting urine. The kidneys are part of the urinary… … Medical dictionary
Kidney — For other uses, see Kidney (disambiguation). Kidney Human kidneys viewed from behind with spine removed Latin ren Artery … Wikipedia
sigmoid kidney — a fused kidney in which the upper pole of one kidney is fused with the lower pole of the other. Called also S shaped k … Medical dictionary
horseshoe kidney — horse·shoe kidney .shü n a congenital partial fusion of the kidneys resulting in a horseshoe shape * * * an anatomical variation in kidney development whereby the lower poles of both kidneys are joined together. This usually causes no trouble but … Medical dictionary
disk kidney — a disk shaped fused kidney similar to the doughnut kidney but with more fusion at the two poles … Medical dictionary
L-shaped kidney — a fused kidney in which one renal mass is vertical and the other is inferior to it in a transverse position; this can be either a variety of horseshoe kidney or a type of crossed renal ectopia (see under ectopia) … Medical dictionary
cake kidney — a fused kidney of bizarre shape with irregular lobes, usually found in the pelvis toward the midline but sometimes found in crossed renal ectopia … Medical dictionary
doughnut kidney — a doughnut shaped fused kidney resulting from bipolar fusion of the renal anlagen before rotation has begun … Medical dictionary
Horseshoe kidney — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = Horseshoe kidney DiseasesDB = 6020 ICD10 = ICD10|Q|63|1|q|60 ICD9 = ICD9|753.3 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 2860 eMedicine mult = eMedicine2|radio|348 | MeshID =… … Wikipedia
Supernumerary kidney — A supernumerary kidney is an additional kidney to the number usually present in an organism. This often develops as the result of splitting of the nephrogenic blastema, or from separate metanephric blastemas into which partially or completely… … Wikipedia
