Terminology Service for NFDI4Health

kidney

Go to external page http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002113


A paired organ of the urinary tract which has the production of urine as its primary function. [ http://anatomy.uams.edu/anatomyhtml/kidney.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidney ]

Term info

Label

kidney

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, organ_slim, major_organ

external definition

One of either of a pair of structures lying on either side of the dorsal aorta in which fluid balance is regulated and waste is excreted out in the form of urine.[AAO]

fma set term

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FMA_264815

has narrow synonym

reniculate kidney

id

UBERON:0002113