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Metanephros

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nephrosnoun(anatomy) A kidney-like organ.
pronephrosnoun(anatomy) A primitive kidney in the lamprey and similar animals, and in other vertebrate embryos
mesonephrosnoun(biology) The second of the three excretory organs of the developing embryo; the Wolffian body.
pronephronnoun(biology) The first part of the urogenital system to be differentiated in a vertebrate embryo, which functions as a simple excretory organ in simpler forms, serves as a provisional kidney in some fish and amphibians, and only appears as a temporary embryonic structure in reptiles, birds, and mammals.
forekidneynounThe pronephros.
renal pelvisnoun(anatomy) The funnellike dilated proximal part of the ureter in the kidney.
pyelumnoun(anatomy) renal pelvis
mesonephric restnoun(medicine, gynaecology) Remnants of the mesonephros in a girl or woman that have persisted past the embryonic stage.
pyelonnoun(anatomy) Synonym of renal pelvis.
kidney corpusclenoun(anatomy) renal corpuscle
renal pyramidnoun(anatomy) A conical subdivision of the renal medulla
renal anglenoun(anatomy) An area located on either side of the human back between the lateral borders of the erector spinae muscles and inferior borders of the twelfth rib, so called because the kidney can be felt at this location.
wolffian bodynounThe mesonephros and paramesonephrotic blastema.
amnionnoun(anatomy) The innermost membrane of the fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
renal arterynoun(anatomy) Either of two branches of the abdominal aorta of which each supplies one of the kidneys.
epipubisnoun(anatomy) A cartilage or bone in front of the pubis in some amphibians,, reptiles and other animals, including the duck-billed platypus and some extinct mammals.
nephrostomenounThe funnel-shaped opening of a nephridium into the body cavity.
paramesonephric ductnoun(embryology) Synonym of Müllerian duct.
nephrostomynoun(surgery) The creation of a nephrostome.
suprarenal glandnoun(anatomy) The adrenal gland, which is located just above the kidney in humans.

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