Kidney
Categorical breakdown of terms falling inder the category of Kidney. Sub categories will become more specific in nature to the terms listed for Kidney.
Sub-Categories
Terms
Bowman Capsule - A double-walled epithelial capsule that is the bulbous closed proximal end of the kidney tubular sys...
Glomerular Basement Membrane - The layer of EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX that lies between the ENDOTHELIUM of the glomerular capillaries an...
Glomerular Basement Membrane - The layer of EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX that lies between the ENDOTHELIUM of the glomerular capillaries an...
Glomerular Mesangium - The thin membranous structure supporting the adjoining glomerular capillaries. It is composed of GLO...
Glomerular Mesangium - The thin membranous structure supporting the adjoining glomerular capillaries. It is composed of GLO...
Juxtaglomerular Apparatus - A complex of cells consisting of juxtaglomerular cells, extraglomerular mesangium lacis cells, the m...
Juxtaglomerular Apparatus - A complex of cells consisting of juxtaglomerular cells, extraglomerular mesangium lacis cells, the m...
Kidney - Body organ that filters blood for the secretion of URINE and that regulates ion concentrations....
Kidney Calices - Recesses of the kidney pelvis which divides into two wide, cup-shaped major renal calices, with each...
Kidney Cortex - The outer zone of the KIDNEY, beneath the capsule, consisting of KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; KIDNEY TUBULES, ...
Kidney Glomerulus - A cluster of convoluted capillaries beginning at each nephric tubule in the kidney and held together...
Kidney Glomerulus - A cluster of convoluted capillaries beginning at each nephric tubule in the kidney and held together...
Kidney Medulla - The internal portion of the kidney, consisting of striated conical masses, the renal pyramids, whose...
Kidney Pelvis - The flattened, funnel-shaped expansion connecting the URETER to the KIDNEY CALICES....
Kidney Tubules - Long convoluted tubules in the nephrons. They collect filtrate from blood passing through the KIDNEY...
Kidney Tubules, Collecting - Straight tubes commencing in the radiate part of the kidney cortex where they receive the curved end...
Kidney Tubules, Distal - The portion of renal tubule that begins from the enlarged segment of the ascending limb of the LOOP ...
Kidney Tubules, Proximal - The renal tubule portion that extends from the BOWMAN CAPSULE in the KIDNEY CORTEX into the KIDNEY M...
Loop of Henle - The U-shaped portion of the renal tubule in the KIDNEY MEDULLA, consisting of a descending limb and ...
Mesangial Cells - Smooth muscle-like cells adhering to the wall of the small blood vessels of the KIDNEY at the glomer...
Mesangial Cells - Smooth muscle-like cells adhering to the wall of the small blood vessels of the KIDNEY at the glomer...
Nephrons - The functional units of the kidney, consisting of the glomerulus and the attached tubule....
Podocytes - Highly differentiated epithelial cells of the visceral layer of BOWMAN CAPSULE of the KIDNEY. They a...
Podocytes - Highly differentiated epithelial cells of the visceral layer of BOWMAN CAPSULE of the KIDNEY. They a...
Common Chronic Illnesses
Coronary Disease
An imbalance between myocardial functional requirements and the capacity of the CORONARY VESSELS to supply sufficient blood flow. It is a form of MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA (insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle) caused by a decreased capacity of the coronary vessels.
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
A subtype of DIABETES MELLITUS that is characterized by INSULIN deficiency. It is manifested by the sudden onset of severe HYPERGLYCEMIA, rapid progression to DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS, and DEATH unless treated with insulin. The disease may occur at any age, but is most common in childhood or adolescence.
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
A subclass of DIABETES MELLITUS that is not INSULIN-responsive or dependent (NIDDM). It is characterized initially by INSULIN RESISTANCE and HYPERINSULINEMIA; and eventually by GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; and overt diabetes. Type II diabetes mellitus is no longer considered a disease exclusively found in adults. Patients seldom develop KETOSIS but often exhibit OBESITY.
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Hypertension
Persistently high systemic arterial BLOOD PRESSURE. Based on multiple readings (BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION), hypertension is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently 90 mm Hg or more.
Mesothelioma
A tumor derived from mesothelial tissue (peritoneum, pleura, pericardium). It appears as broad sheets of cells, with some regions containing spindle-shaped, sarcoma-like cells and other regions showing adenomatous patterns. Pleural mesotheliomas have been linked to exposure to asbestos. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Osteoarthritis
A progressive, degenerative joint disease, the most common form of arthritis, especially in older persons. The disease is thought to result not from the aging process but from biochemical changes and biomechanical stresses affecting articular cartilage. In the foreign literature it is often called osteoarthrosis deformans.
