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Kidney

In humans, the kidneys are two reddish-brown bean-shaped blood-filtering organs that are a multilobar, multipapillary form of mammalian kidneys, usually without signs of external lobulation. They are located on the left and right in the retroperitoneal space, and in adult humans are about .

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Artery
Renal artery
Greek
νεφρός (nephros)
Latin
ren
Nerve
Renal plexus
System
Urinary system and endocrine system
Vein
Renal vein

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Kidney

Nodes284
Edges283
Triples169
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007042
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Kidney

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related to Acid–base balance · 18
Kidney → Acid, ATP, Cl/K, CO2, H/K, H2CO3, H2O, HCO3, HCO3/Cl, In, It, K/Cl, On, The, These, They, Under, When
related to Congenital disease · 10
Kidney → Approximately, Congenital, Duplicated, Failure, It, Nutcracker, Renal, Syndromic Wilm's, This, UPJO
related to Blood pressure regulation · 8
Kidney → Although, Changes, Conversely, Each, II, Renin, This, When
related to Acquired disease · 7
Kidney → Chronic Kidney DiseaseRenal, Diabetic, Interstitial, One, Other, Pyelonephritis, The
related to Clinical significance · 7
Kidney → Internal Medicine, Nephrologists, Nephrology, Some, Surgery, There, Urology
related to Function · 7
Kidney → II, In, It, The, These, This, Various
related to Gene and protein expression · 7
Kidney → In, Just, Many, SLC22A8, Solute, Specific, The
related to history · 7
Kidney → AD, Galen, Hampton Young, Such, The, This, VF Marshall
related to Other animals · 7
Kidney → Amphioxus, However, In, Indeed, Invertebrates, Polystomatidae, The
related to Diagnosis · 6
Kidney → GFR, Instead, Many, Microscopic, The, Urine

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renal kidneys blood urine function disease dialysis system left cell also filtration urinary right body one ureter acid adult protein

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
KidneyArteryRenal artery1.00infobox
KidneyGreekνεφρός (nephros)1.00infobox
KidneyLatinren1.00infobox
KidneyNerveRenal plexus1.00infobox
KidneySystemUrinary system and endocrine system1.00infobox
KidneyVeinRenal vein1.00infobox
Kidneyis aadrenal gland0.90text
Kidneyis abean-shaped structure with a convex and a concave border0.90text
Kidneyis anephron0.90text
Kidneyis avery complex organ and mathematical modelling has been used to better understand kidney function at several scales0.90text
Kidneyis anephrectomy0.90text
kidney cancerinstance ofUrology is the specialty under Surgery that deals with kidney structure abnormalities0.80text

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