Anatomy
renal artery Audio
re·nal ar·ter·y [ reen-l ahr-tuh-ree ]
Subclass of:
Arteries
Definitions related to renal artery:
  • (artery, renal) One of the arteries of the abdomen; in general it arises from the abdominal aorta and supplies blood to the kidney.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • A branch of the abdominal aorta which supplies the kidneys, adrenal glands and ureters.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Branch of the abdominal or ventral aorta which supplies the kidneys, adrenal glands and ureters in vertebrates.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Either of two arteries (right or left) that arise from the aorta to supply the kidneys.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The main blood vessel that supplies blood to a kidney and its nearby adrenal gland and ureter. There is a renal artery for each kidney.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Renal artery, one of the pair of large blood vessels that branch off from the abdominal aorta (the abdominal portion of the major artery leading from the heart) and enter into each kidney. (The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs that remove waste substances from the blood and aid in fluid...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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