loading...| Preferred Name | kidney | |
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1: One of a pair of vertebrate organs situated in the body cavity near the spinal column that excrete waste products of metabolism, in humans are bean-shaped organs about 4 1/2 inches (11 1/2 centimeters) long lying behind the peritoneum in a mass of fatty tissue, and consist chiefly of nephrons by which urine is secreted, collected, and discharged into a main cavity whence it is conveyed by the ureter to the bladder. 2: Any of various excretory organs of invertebrate animals. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0000671 |
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1: One of a pair of vertebrate organs situated in the body cavity near the spinal column that excrete waste products of metabolism, in humans are bean-shaped organs about 4 1/2 inches (11 1/2 centimeters) long lying behind the peritoneum in a mass of fatty tissue, and consist chiefly of nephrons by which urine is secreted, collected, and discharged into a main cavity whence it is conveyed by the ureter to the bladder. 2: Any of various excretory organs of invertebrate animals. |
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BrendaTissueOBO |
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BTO:0000671 |
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kidney |
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BTO:0000671 |
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kidney |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0001491 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0000431 |
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