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Kidneys
Posterior view of kidneys and their external vasculature, with adjacent posterior structures labelled.
Left: location of kidneys within the body. Right: gross anatomical structures within the kidney (midsagittal cut, left kidney).
Details
System
Urinary system and endocrine system
Artery
Renal artery
Vein
Renal vein
Nerve
Renal plexus
Identifiers
Latin
Ren
Greek
Nephros
MeSH
D007668
TA
A08.1.01.001
FMA
7203
Anatomical terminology
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The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs found on the left and right sides of the body in vertebrates. They are located at the back of the abdominal cavity in the retroperitoneal space. In adults they are about 11 centimetres (4.3 in) in length. They receive blood from the paired renal arteries; blood exits into the paired renal veins. Each kidney is attached to a ureter, a tube that carries excreted urine to the bladder.
The nephron is the structural and functional unit of the kidney. Each adult kidney contains around one million nephrons. The nephron utilizes four processes to alter the blood plasma which flows to it: filtration, reabsorption, secretion, and excretion. Via one or more of these mechanisms, the kidney participates in the control of the volume of various body fluid compartments, fluid osmolality, acid-base balance, various electrolyte concentrations, and removal of toxins. Filtration occurs in the glomerulus: one-fifth of the blood volume that enters the kidneys is filtered. Examples of substances reabsorbed are solute-free water, sodium, bicarbonate, glucose, and amino acids. Examples of substances secreted are hydrogen, ammonium, potassium and uric acid. The kidneys also carry out functions independent of the nephron. For example, they convert a precursor of vitamin D to its active form, calcitriol; and synthesize the hormones erythropoietin and renin.
Renal physiology is the study of kidney function. Nephrology is the medical specialty which addresses diseases of kidney function: these include chronic kidney disease, nephritic and nephrotic syndromes, acute kidney injury, and pyelonephritis. Urology addresses diseases of kidney (and urinary tract) anatomy: these include cancer, renal cysts, kidney stones and ureteral stones, and urinary tract obstruction.[1]
Procedures used in the management of kidney disease include chemical and microscopic examination of the urine (urinalysis), measurement of kidney function by calculating the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) using the serum creatinine; and kidney biopsy and CT scan to evaluate for abnormal anatomy. Dialysis and kidney transplantation are used to treat kidney failure; one (or both sequentially) of these are almost always used when renal function drops below 15%. Nephrectomy is frequently used to cure renal cell carcinoma.
Contents
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1 Structure
1.1 Gross anatomy
1.2 Blood supply
1.3 Nerve supply
1.4 Microanatomy
1.5 Gene and protein expression
1.6 Development
2 Function
2.1 Mechanism
2.1.1 Filtration
2.1.2 Reabsorption
2.1.3 Secretion
2.1.4 Excretion
2.2 Homeostasis
2.2.1 Acid-base balance
2.2.2 Regulation of osmolality
2.2.3 Hormone secretion
2.2.4 Blood pressure regulation
2.3 Calculations of function
2.3.1 Filtration fraction
2.3.2 Renal clearance
2.4 Mathematical modelling of function
3 Clinical significance
3.1 Acquired
3.2 Kidney injury and failure
3.3 Dialysis
3.4 Congenital disease
3.5 Diagnosis
3.5.1 Imaging
3.5.2 Biopsy
4 Other animals
4.1 Evolutionary adaptation
5 Society and culture
5.1 Significance
5.1.1 Egyptian
5.1.2 Hebrew
5.1.3 India: Ayurvedic system
5.1.4 Medieval Christianity
5.2 As food
6 Additional images
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
Structure[edit]
Surface projections of the organs of the trunk, showing kidneys at the level of T12 to L3.
In humans, the kidneys are located high in the abdominal cavity, one on each side of the spine, and lie in a retroperitoneal position at a slightly oblique angle.[2] The asymmetry within the abdominal cavity, caused by the position of the liver, typically results in the right kidney being slightly lower and smaller than the left, and being placed slightly more to the middle than the left kidney.[3][4][5] The left kidney is approximately at the vertebral level T12 to L3,[6] and the right is slightly lower. The right kidney sits just below the diaphragm and posterior to the liver. The left sits below the diaphragm and posterior to the spleen. On top of each kidney is an adrenal gland. The upper parts of the kidneys are partially protected by the 11th and 12th ribs. Each kidney, with its adrenal gland is surrounded by two layers of fat: the perirenal fat present between renal fascia and renal capsule and pararenal fat superior to the renal fascia.
1. Renal pyramid • 2. Interlobular artery • 3. Renal artery • 4. Renal vein 5. Renal hilum • 6. Renal pelvis • 7. Ureter • 8. Minor calyx • 9. Renal capsule • 10. Inferior renal capsule • 11. Superior renal capsule • 12. Interlobular vein • 13. Nephron • 14. Renal sinus • 15. Major calyx • 16. Renal papilla • 17. Renal column
CT scan of the kidneys. Left: cross section at upper abdomen level – the liver is seen on the left side of scan (right side of body). Center: longitudinal section though the center of the kidneys – the liver partially covers the right kidney. Right: transverse section through the left kidney.
The kidney is a bean-shaped structure with a convex and a concave border. A recessed area on the concave border is the renal hilum, where the renal artery enters the kidney and the renal vein and ureter leave. The kidney is surrounded by tough fibrous tissue, the renal capsule, which is itself surrounded by perirenal fat, renal fascia, and pararenal fat. The anterior (front) surface of these tissues is the peritoneum, while the posterior (rear) surface is the transversalis fascia.
The superior pole of the right kidney is adjacent to the liver. For the left kidney, it is next to the spleen. Both, therefore, move down upon inhalation.
In adult males, the kidney weighs between 125 and 170 grams. In females the weight of the kidney is between 115 and 155 grams.[7] A Danish study measured the median renal length to be 11.2 cm (4.4 in) on the left side and 10.9 cm (4.3 in) on the right side in adults. Median renal volumes were 146 cm3 on the left and 134 cm3 on the right.[8]
Gross anatomy[edit]
The substance, or parenchyma, of the kidney is divided into two major structures: the outer renal cortex and the inner renal medulla. Grossly, these structures take the shape of eight to 18 cone-shaped renal lobes, each containing renal cortex surrounding a portion of medulla called a renal pyramid.[7] Between the renal pyramids are projections of cortex called renal columns. Nephrons, the urine-producing functional structures of the kidney, span the cortex and medulla. The initial filtering portion of a nephron is the renal corpuscle which is located in the cortex. This is followed by a renal tubule that passes from the cortex deep into the medullary pyramids. Part of the renal cortex, a medullary ray is a collection of renal tubules that drain into a single collecting duct.
The tip, or papilla, of each pyramid empties urine into a minor calyx; minor calyces empty into major calyces, and major calyces empty into the renal pelvis. This becomes the ureter. At the hilum, the ureter and renal vein exit the kidney and the renal artery enters. Hilar fat and lymphatic tissue with lymph nodes surrounds these structures. The hilar fat is contiguous with a fat-filled cavity called the renal sinus. The renal sinus collectively contains the renal pelvis and calyces and separates these structures from the renal medullary tissue.[9]
The kidneys possess no overtly moving structures
Blood supply[edit]
3D-rendered computed tomography, showing renal arteries and veins.
The renal circulation supplies the blood to the kidneys via the renal arteries, left and right, which branch directly from the abdominal aorta. Despite their relatively small size, the kidneys receive approximately 20% of the cardiac output.[7]
Each renal artery branches into segmental arteries, dividing further into interlobar arteries, which penetrate the renal capsule and extend through the renal columns between the renal pyramids. The interlobar arteries then supply blood to the arcuate arteries that run through the boundary of the cortex and the medulla. Each arcuate artery supplies several interlobular arteries that feed into the afferent arterioles that supply the glomeruli.
After filtration occurs, the blood moves through a small network of venules that converge into interlobular veins. As with the arteriole distribution, the veins follow the same pattern: the interlobular provide blood to the arcuate veins then back to the interlobar veins, which come to form the renal vein exiting the kidney for transfusion for blood.
The table below shows the path that blood takes when it travels through the glomerulus, traveling "down" the arteries and "up" the veins. However, this model is greatly simplified for clarity and symmetry. Some of the other paths and complications are described at the bottom of the table. The interlobar artery and vein (not to be confused with interlobular) are between two renal lobes, also known as the renal column (cortex region between two pyramids).
Arteries (down)
Veins (up)
Abdominal aorta Vena cava
Renal artery (Note 1) Renal vein
Segmental arteries (Note 2) –
Lobar arteries –
Interlobar artery Interlobar vein
Afferent arterioles Efferent arterioles (Note 4)
Glomerulus Glomerulus
Note 1: The renal artery also provides a branch to the inferior suprarenal artery to supply the adrenal gland.
Note 2: Each renal artery partitions into an anterior and posterior branch. The anterior branch further divides into the superior (apical), anterosuperior, anteroinferior and inferior segmental arteries. The posterior branch continues as the posterior segmental artery.
Note 3: Also called the cortical radiate arteries. The interlobular artery also supplies to the stellate veins.
Note 4: The efferent arterioles do not directly drain into the interlobular vein, but rather they go to the peritubular capillaries first. The efferent arterioles of the juxtamedullary nephron drain into the vasa recta.
Nerve supply[edit]
The kidney and nervous system communicate via the renal plexus, whose fibers course along the renal arteries to reach each kidney.[10] Input from the sympathetic nervous system triggers vasoconstriction in the kidney, thereby reducing renal blood flow.[10] The kidney also receives input from the parasympathetic nervous system, by way of the renal branches of the vagus nerve; the function of this is yet unclear.[10][11] Sensory input from the kidney travels to the T10-11 levels of the spinal cord and is sensed in the corresponding dermatome.[10] Thus, pain in the flank region may be referred from corresponding kidney.[10]
Microanatomy[edit]
Diagram of a long juxtamedullary nephron (left) and a short cortical nephron (right). All parts of the nephron are labelled except the (gray) connecting tubule located after the (dark red) distal convoluted tubule and before the large (gray) collecting duct (mislabeled collection duct).
Renal histology is the study of the microscopic structure of the kidney. Distinct cell types include:
Kidney glomerulus parietal cell
Kidney glomerulus podocyte
Kidney proximal tubule brush border cell
Loop of Henle thin segment cell
Thick ascending limb cell
Kidney distal tubule cell
Collecting duct principal cell
Collecting duct intercalated cell
Interstitial kidney cells
Gene and protein expression[edit]
Further information: Bioinformatics § Gene and protein expression
About 20,000 protein coding genes are expressed in human cells and almost 70% of these genes are expressed in normal, adult kidneys.[12][13] Just over 300 genes are more specifically expressed in the kidney, with only some 50 genes being highly specific for the kidney. Many of the corresponding kidney specific proteins are expressed in the cell membrane and function as transporter proteins. The highest expressed kidney specific protein is uromodulin, the most abundant protein in urine with functions that prevent calcification and growth of bacteria. Specific proteins are expressed in the different compartments of the kidney with podocin and nephrin expressed in glomeruli, Solute carrier family protein SLC22A8 expressed in proximal tubules, calbindin expressed in distal tubules and aquaporin 2 expressed in the collecting duct cells.[14]
Development[edit]
Main article: Kidney development
The mammalian kidney develops from intermediate mesoderm. Kidney development, also called nephrogenesis, proceeds through a series of three successive developmental phases: the pronephros, mesonephros, and metanephros. The metanephros are primordia of the permanent kidney.[15]
Function[edit]
Main article: Renal physiology
Schematic diagram of the nephron (yellow), relevant circulation (red/blue), and the four methods of altering the filtrate.
The microscopic structural and functional unit of the kidney is the nephron. It processes the blood supplied to it via filtration, reabsorption, secretion and excretion; the consequence of those processes is the production of urine.
Mechanism[edit]
Filtration[edit]
Filtration, which takes place at the renal corpuscle, is the process by which cells and large proteins are retained while materials of smaller molecular weights are[16] filtered from the blood to make an ultrafiltrate that eventually becomes urine. The kidney generates 180 liters of filtrate a day. The process is also known as hydrostatic filtration due to the hydrostatic pressure exerted on the capillary walls.
Reabsorption[edit]
Secretion and reabsorption of various substances throughout the nephron
See also: Clearance (medicine)
Reabsorption is the transport of molecules from this ultrafiltrate and into the peritubular capillary. It is accomplished via selective receptors on the luminal cell membrane. Water is 65% reabsorbed in the proximal tubule. Glucose at normal plasma levels is completely reabsorbed in the proximal tubule. The mechanism for this is the Na+/glucose cotransporter. A plasma level of 350 mg/dL will fully saturate the transporters and glucose will be lost in the urine. A plasma glucose level of approximately 160 is sufficient to allow glucosuria, which is an important clinical clue to diabetes mellitus. Amino acids are reabsorbed by sodium dependent transporters in the proximal tubule. Hartnup disease is a deficiency of the tryptophan amino acid transporter, which results in pellagra.[17]
Location of Reabsorption
Reabsorbed nutrient
Notes
Early proximal tubule Glucose (100%), amino acids (100%), bicarbonate (90%), Na+ (65%), Cl− (65%), phosphate (65%) and H2O (65%)
PTH will inhibit phosphate reabsorption.
AT II stimulates Na+, H2O and HCO3− reabsorption.
Thin descending loop of Henle H2O
Reabsorbs via medullary hypertonicity and makes urine hypertonic.
Thick ascending loop of Henle Na+ (10–20%), K+, Cl−; indirectly induces para cellular reabsorption of Mg2+, Ca2+
This region is impermeable to H2O and the urine becomes less concentrated as it ascends.
Early distal convoluted tubule Na+, Cl−
PTH causes Ca2+ reabsorption.
Collecting tubules Na+(3–5%), H2O
Na+ is reabsorbed in exchange for K+, and H+, which is regulated by aldosterone.
ADH acts on the V2 receptor and inserts aquaporins on the luminal side
Source:[17]
Secretion[edit]
Secretion is the reverse of reabsorption: molecules are transported from the peritubular capillary through the interstitial fluid, then through the renal tubular cell and into the ultrafiltrate.
Excretion[edit]
The last step in the processing of the ultrafiltrate is excretion: the ultrafiltrate passes out of the nephron and travels through a tube called the collecting duct, which is part of the collecting duct system, and then to the ureters where it is renamed urine. In addition to transporting the ultrafiltrate, the collecting duct also takes part in reabsorption.
Homeostasis[edit]
The kidney participates in whole-body homeostasis, regulating acid-base balance, electrolyte concentrations, extracellular fluid volume, and blood pressure. The kidney accomplishes these homeostatic functions both independently and in concert with other organs, particularly those of the endocrine system. Various endocrine hormones coordinate these endocrine functions; these include renin, angiotensin II, aldosterone, antidiuretic hormone, and atrial natriuretic peptide, among others.
The kidneys excrete a variety of waste products produced by metabolism into the urine. These include the nitrogenous wastes urea, from protein catabolism, and uric acid, from nucleic acid metabolism. The ability of mammals and some birds to concentrate wastes into a volume of urine much smaller than the volume of blood from which the wastes were extracted is dependent on an elaborate countercurrent multiplication mechanism. This requires several independent nephron characteristics to operate: a tight hairpin configuration of the tubules, water and ion permeability in the descending limb of the loop, water impermeability in the ascending loop, and active ion transport out of most of the ascending limb. In addition, passive countercurrent exchange by the vessels carrying the blood supply to the nephron is essential for enabling this function.
Acid-base balance[edit]
Main article: Acid-base homeostasis
Two organ systems, the kidneys and lungs, maintain acid-base homeostasis, which is the maintenance of pH around a relatively stable value. The lungs contribute to acid-base homeostasis by regulating carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration. The kidneys have two very important roles in maintaining the acid-base balance: to reabsorb and regenerate bicarbonate from urine, and to excrete hydrogen ions and fixed acids (anions of acids) into urine.
Regulation of osmolality[edit]
Maintaining water and salt level of the body. Any significant rise in plasma osmolality is detected by the hypothalamus, which communicates directly with the posterior pituitary gland. An increase in osmolality causes the gland to secrete antidiuretic hormone (ADH), resulting in water reabsorption by the kidney and an increase in urine concentration. The two factors work together to return the plasma osmolality to its normal levels.
ADH binds to principal cells in the collecting duct that translocate aquaporins to the membrane, allowing water to leave the normally impermeable membrane and be reabsorbed into the body by the vasa recta, thus increasing the plasma volume of the body.
There are two systems that create a hyperosmotic medulla and thus increase the body plasma volume: Urea recycling and the 'single effect.'
Urea is usually excreted as a waste product from the kidneys. However, when plasma blood volume is low and ADH is released the aquaporins that are opened are also permeable to urea. This allows urea to leave the collecting duct into the medulla creating a hyperosmotic solution that 'attracts' water. Urea can then re-enter the nephron and be excreted or recycled again depending on whether ADH is still present or not.
The 'single effect' describes the fact that the ascending thick limb of the loop of Henle is not permeable to water but is permeable to sodium chloride. This allows for a countercurrent exchange system whereby the medulla becomes increasingly concentrated, but at the same time setting up an osmotic gradient for water to follow should the aquaporins of the collecting duct be opened by ADH.
Hormone secretion[edit]
The kidneys secrete a variety of hormones, including erythropoietin, calcitriol, and renin. Erythropoietin is released in response to hypoxia (low levels of oxygen at tissue level) in the renal circulation. It stimulates erythropoiesis (production of red blood cells) in the bone marrow. Calcitriol, the activated form of vitamin D, promotes intestinal absorption of calcium and the renal reabsorption of phosphate. Renin is an enzyme which regulates angiotensin and aldosterone levels.
Blood pressure regulation[edit]
Main articles: Blood pressure regulation and Renin–angiotensin system
Although the kidney cannot directly sense blood, long-term regulation of blood pressure predominantly depends upon the kidney. This primarily occurs through maintenance of the extracellular fluid compartment, the size of which depends on the plasma sodium concentration. Renin is the first in a series of important chemical messengers that make up the renin–angiotensin system. Changes in renin ultimately alter the output of this system, principally the hormones angiotensin II and aldosterone. Each hormone acts via multiple mechanisms, but both increase the kidney's absorption of sodium chloride, thereby expanding the extracellular fluid compartment and raising blood pressure. When renin levels are elevated, the concentrations of angiotensin II and aldosterone increase, leading to increased sodium chloride reabsorption, expansion of the extracellular fluid compartment, and an increase in blood pressure. Conversely, when renin levels are low, angiotensin II and aldosterone levels decrease, contracting the extracellular fluid compartment, and decreasing blood pressure.
Calculations of function[edit]
Calculations of kidney performance are an important part of physiology and can be estimated using the calculations below.
Filtration fraction[edit]
The filtration fraction is the amount of plasma that is actually filtered through the kidney. This can be defined using the equation:
FF=GFR/RPF
FF is the filtration fraction
GFR is the glomerular filtration rate
RPF is the renal plasma flow
Normal human FF is 20%.
Renal clearance[edit]
Main article: Renal function
Renal clearance is the volume of plasma from which the substance is completely cleared from the blood per unit time.
Cx=(Ux)V/Px
Cx is the clearance of X (normally in units of mL/min).
Ux is the urine concentration of X.
Px is the plasma concentration of X.
V is the urine flow rate.
Mathematical modelling of function[edit]
The kidney is a very complex organ and mathematical modelling has been used to better understand kidney function at several scales, including fluid uptake and secretion.[18][19]
Clinical significance[edit]
Main article: Kidney disease
Kidney disease is an abnormal structure, function or process in the kidney(s). Nephrosis is non-inflammatory nephropathy and nephritis is inflammatory kidney disease. Nephrology is the speciality that deals with kidney function and disease. Medical terms related to the kidneys commonly use terms such as renal and the prefix nephro-. The adjective renal, meaning related to the kidney, is from the Latin rēnēs, meaning kidneys; the prefix nephro- is from the Ancient Greek word for kidney, nephros (νεφρός).[20] For example, surgical removal of the kidney is a nephrectomy, while a reduction in kidney function is called renal dysfunction.
Acquired[edit]
Diabetic nephropathy
Glomerulonephritis
Hydronephrosis is the enlargement of one or both of the kidneys caused by obstruction of the flow of urine.
Interstitial nephritis
Kidney stones (nephrolithiasis) are a relatively common and particularly painful disorder. A chronic condition can result in scars to the kidneys. The removal of kidney stones involves ultrasound treatment to break up the stones into smaller pieces, which are then passed through the urinary tract. One common symptom of kidney stones is a sharp to disabling pain in the middle and sides of the lower back or groin.
Kidney tumour
Wilms tumor
Renal cell carcinoma
Lupus nephritis
Minimal change disease
In nephrotic syndrome, the glomerulus has been damaged so that a large amount of protein in the blood enters the urine. Other frequent features of the nephrotic syndrome include swelling, low serum albumin, and high cholesterol.
Pyelonephritis is infection of the kidneys and is frequently caused by complication of a urinary tract infection.
Kidney failure
Acute kidney failure
Stage 5 Chronic Kidney Disease
Renal artery stenosis
Renovascular hypertension
Kidney injury and failure[edit]
Main articles: Acute kidney injury, Chronic kidney disease, and Kidney failure
Generally, humans can live normally with just one kidney, as one has more functioning renal tissue than is needed to survive. Only when the amount of functioning kidney tissue is greatly diminished does one develop chronic kidney disease. Renal replacement therapy, in the form of dialysis or kidney transplantation, is indicated when the glomerular filtration rate has fallen very low or if the renal dysfunction leads to severe symptoms.
Dialysis[edit]
Main article: Dialysis
Dialysis is a treatment that takes over jobs that healthy kidneys normally do. Kidneys are in need of dialysis when approximately 85%-90% of kidney function is lost, in addition to a Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) of less than 15. Dialysis maintains homeostasis by removing excess water and other salts, regulating blood pressure, and maintaining chemical levels within the body. Dialysis is a treatment that does not cure kidney disease, a kidney transplant will cure kidney disease. While a costly procedure, Dialysis has a life expectancy of 5–10 years with patients having lived up to 30 years while receiving treatment. However, patients receiving the dialysis treatments are able to lead normal lives, despite the regular appointments.[21]
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Congenital disease[edit]
Congenital hydronephrosis
Congenital obstruction of urinary tract
Duplex kidneys, or double kidneys, occur in approximately 1% of the population. This occurrence normally causes no complications, but can occasionally cause urinary tract infections.[22][23]
Duplicated ureter occurs in approximately one in 100 live births
Horseshoe kidney occurs in approximately one in 400 live births
Nutcracker syndrome
Polycystic kidney disease
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease afflicts patients later in life. Approximately one in 1000 people will develop this condition
Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease is far less common, but more severe, than the dominant condition. It is apparent in utero or at birth.
A depiction of Peritoneal dialysis in case of kidney failure.
Renal agenesis. Failure of one kidney to form occurs in approximately one in 750 live births. Failure of both kidneys to form used to be fatal; however, medical advances such as amnioinfusion therapy during pregnancy and peritoneal dialysis have made it possible to stay alive until a transplant can occur.
Renal dysplasia
Unilateral small kidney
Multicystic dysplastic kidney occurs in approximately one in every 2400 live births
Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction or UPJO; although most cases appear congenital, some appear to be an acquired condition[24]
Diagnosis[edit]
Main articles: Renal function and Renal physiology § Measurement of renal function
Many renal diseases are diagnosed on the basis of a detailed medical history, and physical examination.[citation needed] The medical history takes into account present and past symptoms, especially those of kidney disease; recent infections; exposure to substances toxic to the kidney; and family history of kidney disease.
Kidney function is tested for using blood tests and urine tests. A usual blood test is for urea and electrolytes, known as a U and E. Creatinine is also tested for. Urine tests such as urinalysis can evaluate for pH, protein, glucose, and the presence of blood. Microscopic analysis can also identify the presence of urinary casts and crystals.[25] The glomerular filtration rate (GFR) can be calculated.[25]
Imaging[edit]
Renal ultrasonography is essential in the diagnosis and management of kidney-related diseases.[26] Other modalities, such as CT and MRI, should always be considered as supplementary imaging modalities in the assessment of renal disease.[26]
Biopsy[edit]
The role of the renal biopsy is to diagnose renal disease in which the etiology is not clear based upon noninvasive means (clinical history, past medical history, medication history, physical exam, laboratory studies, imaging studies). In general, a renal pathologist will perform a detailed morphological evaluation and integrate the morphologic findings with the clinical history and laboratory data, ultimately arriving at a pathological diagnosis. A renal pathologist is a physician who has undergone general training in anatomic pathology and additional specially training in the interpretation of renal biopsy specimens.
Ideally, multiple core sections are obtained and evaluated for adequacy (presence of glomeruli) intraoperatively. A pathologist/pathology assistant divides the specimen(s) for submission for light microscopy, immunofluorescence microscopy and electron microscopy.
The pathologist will examine the specimen using light microscopy with multiple staining techniques (hematoxylin and eosin/H&E, PAS, trichrome, silver stain) on multiple level sections. Multiple immunofluorescence stains are performed to evaluate for antibody, protein and complement deposition. Finally, ultra-structural examination is performed with electron microscopy and may reveal the presence of electron-dense deposits or other characteristic abnormalities that may suggest an etiology for the patient's renal disease.
Other animals[edit]
In the majority of vertebrates, the mesonephros persists into the adult, albeit usually fused with the more advanced metanephros; only in amniotes is the mesonephros restricted to the embryo. The kidneys of fish and amphibians are typically narrow, elongated organs, occupying a significant portion of the trunk. The collecting ducts from each cluster of nephrons usually drain into an archinephric duct, which is homologous with the vas deferens of amniotes. However, the situation is not always so simple; in cartilaginous fish and some amphibians, there is also a shorter duct, similar to the amniote ureter, which drains the posterior (metanephric) parts of the kidney, and joins with the archinephric duct at the bladder or cloaca. Indeed, in many cartilaginous fish, the anterior portion of the kidney may degenerate or cease to function altogether in the adult.[27]
In the most primitive vertebrates, the hagfish and lampreys, the kidney is unusually simple: it consists of a row of nephrons, each emptying directly into the archinephric duct. Invertebrates may possess excretory organs that are sometimes referred to as "kidneys", but, even in Amphioxus, these are never homologous with the kidneys of vertebrates, and are more accurately referred to by other names, such as nephridia.[27] In amphibians, kidneys and the urinary bladder harbour specialized parasites, monogeneans of the family Polystomatidae.[28]
The kidneys of reptiles consist of a number of lobules arranged in a broadly linear pattern. Each lobule contains a single branch of the ureter in its centre, into which the collecting ducts empty. Reptiles have relatively few nephrons compared with other amniotes of a similar size, possibly because of their lower metabolic rate.[27]
Birds have relatively large, elongated kidneys, each of which is divided into three or more distinct lobes. The lobes consists of several small, irregularly arranged, lobules, each centred on a branch of the ureter. Birds have small glomeruli, but about twice as many nephrons as similarly sized mammals.[27]
The human kidney is fairly typical of that of mammals. Distinctive features of the mammalian kidney, in comparison with that of other vertebrates, include the presence of the renal pelvis and renal pyramids, and of a clearly distinguishable cortex and medulla. The latter feature is due to the presence of elongated loops of Henle; these are much shorter in birds, and not truly present in other vertebrates (although the nephron often has a short intermediate segment between the convoluted tubules). It is only in mammals that the kidney takes on its classical "kidney" shape, although there are some exceptions, such as the multilobed reniculate kidneys of pinnipeds and cetaceans.[27]
Evolutionary adaptation[edit]
Kidneys of various animals show evidence of evolutionary adaptation and have long been studied in ecophysiology and comparative physiology. Kidney morphology, often indexed as the relative medullary thickness, is associated with habitat aridity among species of mammals,[29] and diet (e.g., carnivores have only long loops of Henle).[19]
Society and culture[edit]
Significance[edit]
Egyptian[edit]
In ancient Egypt, the kidneys, like the heart, were left inside the mummified bodies, unlike other organs which were removed. Comparing this to the biblical statements, and to drawings of human body with the heart and two kidneys portraying a set of scales for weighing justice, it seems that the Egyptian beliefs had also connected the kidneys with judgement and perhaps with moral decisions.[30]
Hebrew[edit]
According to studies in modern and ancient Hebrew, various body organs in humans and animals served also an emotional or logical role, today mostly attributed to the brain and the endocrine system. The kidney is mentioned in several biblical verses in conjunction with the heart, much as the bowels were understood to be the "seat" of emotion – grief, joy and pain.[31] Similarly, the Talmud (Berakhoth 61.a) states that one of the two kidneys counsels what is good, and the other evil.
In the sacrifices offered at the biblical Tabernacle and later on at the temple in Jerusalem, the priests were instructed[32] to remove the kidneys and the adrenal gland covering the kidneys of the sheep, goat and cattle offerings, and to burn them on the altar, as the holy part of the "offering for God" never to be eaten.[33]
India: Ayurvedic system[edit]
In ancient India, according to the Ayurvedic medical systems, the kidneys were considered the beginning of the excursion channels system, the 'head' of the Mutra Srotas, receiving from all other systems, and therefore important in determining a person's health balance and temperament by the balance and mixture of the three 'Dosha's – the three health elements: Vatha (or Vata) – air, Pitta – bile, and Kapha – mucus. The temperament and health of a person can then be seen in the resulting color of the urine.[34]
Modern Ayurveda practitioners, a practice which is characterized as pseudoscience,[35] have attempted to revive these methods in medical procedures as part of Ayurveda Urine therapy.[36] These procedures have been called "nonsensical" by skeptics.[37]
Medieval Christianity[edit]
The Latin term renes is related to the English word "reins", a synonym for the kidneys in Shakespearean English (e.g. Merry Wives of Windsor 3.5), which was also the time when the King James Version of the Bible was translated. Kidneys were once popularly regarded as the seat of the conscience and reflection,[38][39] and a number of verses in the Bible (e.g. Ps. 7:9, Rev. 2:23) state that God searches out and inspects the kidneys, or "reins", of humans, together with the heart.
As food[edit]
Hökarpanna, Swedish pork and kidney stew
The kidneys, like other offal, can be cooked and eaten.
Kidneys are usually grilled or sautéed, but in more complex dishes they are stewed with a sauce that will improve their flavor. In many preparations, kidneys are combined with pieces of meat or liver, as in mixed grill. Dishes include the British steak and kidney pie, the Swedish hökarpanna (pork and kidney stew), the French rognons de veau sauce moutarde (veal kidneys in mustard sauce) and the Spanish riñones al Jerez (kidneys stewed in sherry sauce) .[40]
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values:
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display: none;

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values:
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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

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Bubreg – Bosnian
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bs
interlanguage-link-target

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display: none;

values:
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Lounezh – Breton
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br
interlanguage-link-target

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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ledvina
Ledvina – Czech
cs
cs
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values:
https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itsvo
Itsvo – Shona
sn
sn
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aren
Aren – Welsh
cy
cy
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyre
Nyre – Danish
da
da
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niere
Niere – German
de
de
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values: ގުރުދާ – Divehi

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neerud
Neerud – Estonian
et
et
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display: none;

values: Νεφρός – Greek

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reno
Reno – Esperanto
eo
eo
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rein
Rein – French
fr
fr
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du%C3%A1n
Duán – Irish
ga
ga
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ril
Ril – Galician
gl
gl
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values: गुर्दा – Hindi

values:
https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubreg
Bubreg – Croatian
hr
hr
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reno
Reno – Ido
io
io
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginjal
Ginjal – Indonesian
id
id
interlanguage-link-target

values:
https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren
Ren – Interlingua
ia
ia
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://xh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izintso
Izintso – Xhosa
xh
xh
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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values:
https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%BDra
Nýra – Icelandic
is
is
interlanguage-link-target

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display: none;

values:
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rene
Rene – Italian
it
it
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginjel
Ginjel – Javanese
jv
jv
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values: ಮೂತ್ರಪಿಂಡ – Kannada

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batu
Batu – Pampanga
pam
pam
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-pam
display: none;

values: თირკმელი – Georgian

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-ka
display: none;

values: Бүйрек – Kazakh

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-kk
display: none;

values:
https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figo
Figo – Swahili
sw
sw
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren
Ren – Haitian Creole
ht
ht
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values: Бөйрөк – Kyrgyz

values:
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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values: Ччарлу – Lak

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren
Ren – Latin
la
la
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-la
display: none;

values:
https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nieres
Nieres – Latvian
lv
lv
interlanguage-link-target

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values:
https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nier
Nier – Luxembourgish
lb
lb
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkstas
Inkstas – Lithuanian
lt
lt
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-li
display: none;

values:
https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vese
Vese – Hungarian
hu
hu
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-mk
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-ml
display: none;

values:
https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilwa
Kilwa – Maltese
mt
mt
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values: मूत्रपिंड – Marathi

values:
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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values: ကျောက်ကပ် – Burmese

values:
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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values: जलासें – Newari

values:
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display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-ja
display: none;

values:
https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyre
Nyre – Norwegian
no
no
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-no
display: none;

values:
https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyre
Nyre – Norwegian Nynorsk
nn
nn
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-oc
display: none;

values: ବୃକ୍‌କ – Odia

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://om.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalee
Kalee – Oromo
om
om
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-om
display: none;

values:
https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buyrak
Buyrak – Uzbek
uz
uz
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://pag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batok
Batok – Pangasinan
pag
pag
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values: پښتورگی – Pashto

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerka
Nerka – Polish
pl
pl
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rim
Rim – Portuguese
pt
pt
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-pt
display: none;

values:
https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinichi
Rinichi – Romanian
ro
ro
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-ro
display: none;

values:
https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasa_ruru
Wasa ruru – Quechua
qu
qu
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values: Почка (анатомия) – Russian

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-sa
display: none;

values:
https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neer
Neer – Scots
sco
sco
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-sco
display: none;

values:
https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veshka
Veshka – Albanian
sq
sq
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rini
Rini – Sicilian
scn
scn
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values: වකුගඩු – Sinhala

values:
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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-sk
display: none;

values:
https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ledvica
Ledvica – Slovenian
sl
sl
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb
display: none;

values: Бубрег – Serbian

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubreg
Bubreg – Serbo-Croatian
sh
sh
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginjal
Ginjal – Sundanese
su
su
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munuainen
Munuainen – Finnish
fi
fi
interlanguage-link-target

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Njure
Njure – Swedish
sv
sv
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-sv
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-tl
display: none;

values: சிறுநீரகம் – Tamil

values:
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display: none;

values: Бөер – Tatar

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-tt
display: none;

values: మూత్రపిండము – Telugu

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-te
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-th
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-tr
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-tyv
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-uk
display: none;

values: كُلیَہ – Urdu

values: بۆرەك – Uyghur

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-ug
display: none;

values:
https://za.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iucij
Iucij – Zhuang
za
za
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-za
display: none;

values:
https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rene
Rene – Venetian
vec
vec
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-vec
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-vi
display: none;

values:
https://fiu-vro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rauh
Rauh – Võro
fiu-vro
fiu-vro
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-fiu-vro
display: none;

values:
https://wa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rno
Rno – Walloon
wa
wa
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-wa
display: none;

values:
https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinyon
Rinyon – Waray
war
war
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-war
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-yi
display: none;

values:
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display: none;

values:
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%85%8E
腎 – Chinese
zh
zh
interlanguage-link-target

values:
https://kbp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladibiye
Ladibiye – Kabiye
kbp
kbp
interlanguage-link-target

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-kbp
display: none;

values: All languages (initial selection from common choices by you and others)

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