کلیه

Key facts

Anatomy.Name

Kidneys

Anatomy.Latin

ren

Anatomy.Greek

νεφρός (nephros)

Anatomy.Image

Blausen 0592 KidneyAnatomy 01.png

Anatomy.Caption

The kidneys lie in the retroperitoneal space behind the abdomen, and act to filter blood to create urine

Anatomy.Image2

Diagram showing the position of the adrenal glands CRUK 343.svg

Anatomy.Caption2

Location of kidneys with associated organs (adrenal glands and bladder)

Anatomy.System

Urinary system and endocrine system

Anatomy.Artery

Renal artery

Anatomy.Vein

Renal vein

Anatomy.Nerve

Renal plexus

via Wikipedia infobox

• SGLT2 Inhibitors and Kidney Protection: Mechanisms Beyond Tubuloglomerular Feedback.ReviewKidney360 · 2024Upadhyay ADOI: 10.34067/KID.0000000000000425
• [The kidney, its anatomy and main functions].Soins. Gerontologie · 2024Levassort H, Essig MDOI: 10.1016/j.sger.2023.12.003
• Lactate metabolism and lactylation in kidney diseases: insights into mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities.ReviewRenal failure · 2025Cheng Y, Guo LDOI: 10.1080/0886022X.2025.2469746
• Flow-enhanced vascularization and maturation of kidney organoids in vitro.Nature methods · 2019Homan KA, Gupta N, Kroll KT et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41592-019-0325-y
• Endothelial dysfunction in the aging kidney.ReviewAmerican journal of physiology. Renal physiology · 2025Borri M, Jacobs ME, Carmeliet P et al.DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00287.2024
• Kidney clearance of fibroblast growth factor-23 in humans.ReviewCurrent opinion in nephrology and hypertension · 2023Sharma S, Ix JHDOI: 10.1097/MNH.0000000000000900
• Autoantibody-triggered podocyte membrane budding drives autoimmune kidney disease.Cell · 2026Lahme K, Sachs W, Froembling S et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.11.010
• Comparative single-cell analyses identify shared and divergent features of human and mouse kidney development.Developmental cell · 2024Kim S, Koppitch K, Parvez RK et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.07.013

via PubMed

Wikidata facts

Part of

endocrine system

Has part

nephron

Image

Kidney section vertical.png

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