The renal arteries carry a large portion of total blood flow to the kidneys. Up to a third of total cardiac output can pass through the renal arteries to be filtered by the kidneys. The arterial supply of the kidneys is variable and there may be one or more renal arteries supplying each kidney. It is located above the renal vein. Supernumerary ren...
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one of the pair of large blood vessels that branch off from the abdominal aorta (the abdominal portion of the major artery leading from the heart) ... [3 related articles]
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The main blood vessel that supplies blood to a kidney and its nearby adrenal gland and ureter. There is a renal artery for each kidney.
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<anatomy, artery> A branch of the abdominal aorta which supplies the kidneys, adrenal glands and ureters. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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origin, abdominal aorta; branches, ureteral branches, inferior suprarenal artery; distribution, kidney, suprarenal gland, ureter.
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Artery which originates from the abdominal aorta and provided branches for the ureters and the inferior adrenal (suprarenal) artery.
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(Humans as organisms) carries blood to the kidneys
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. origin, at L1 vertebral level as the second and largest pair of lateral visceral branches of the abdominal aorta; branches, segmental, ureteral, and inferior suprarenal; distribution, kidney. Synonyms: arteria renalis
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One quarter of the total blood output from the heart comes to the kidneys along the renal artery. Two renal arteries arise from the abdominal section of the aorta, each artery supplies a lobe of the kidney. The incoming artery divides into four or five branches, eventually forming arterioles, each of which leads to the compact ball of capillaries c...
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n] - an artery originating from the abdominal aorta and supplying the kidneys and adrenal glands and ureters
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arteria renalis noun an artery originating from the abdominal aorta and supplying the kidneys and adrenal glands and ureters
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