renal system
The renal system in an anatomical system that maintains fluid balance and contributes to electrolyte balance, acid/base balance, and disposal of nitrogenous waste products. [ http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0099864 http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0072001 ]
Synonyms: systema urinaria, systema urinarium, urinary tract, urinary system
Term info
- MESH:D014551
- AAO:0010257
- EV:0100095
- EHDAA:5901
- Wikipedia:Excretory_system
- EHDAA2:0001601
- BTO:0001244
- WBbt:0005736
- FBbt:00005056
- VHOG:0000723
- MIAA:0000027
- TAO:0000163
- GAID:391
- CALOHA:TS-1323
- MAT:0000027
- UMLS:C1508753 (ncithesaurus:Urinary_System)
- EFO:0000803
- TADS:0000162
- ZFA:0000163
- BILA:0000015
- MA:0000325
- XAO:0000143
- EMAPA:17366
- galen:UrinaryTract
- FMA:7159
- NCIT:C12413
- SCTID:362204003
- BTO:0003092
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
An anatomical system which consists of organs and tissues which produce, store, and excrete urine.[AAO]
Evolution of vertebrate renal anatomy appears quite conservative when compared, for example, to evolution of respiratory and cardiovascular systems in vertebrates. Major anatomical changes in vertebrates kidneys separate those of birds and mammals from kidneys of lower vertebrates. General increase in animal size from fish to mammals is reflected by an increase in total number of nephrons per kidney, rather than by constant change in tubular dimensions.[well established][VHOG]
In humans, the renal system comprises a pair of kidneys, a pair of ureters, urinary bladder, urethra, sphincter muscle and associated blood vessels, This definition is inclusive of the organs of the vertebrate renal system, as well as the Malpighian tubules of insects, and allows for future incorporation of structures such as the antennal glands of crustaceans
In various sources such as Encyclopedia Britannica, the excretory and urinary systems are indeed the same system (see wikipedia talk page); we merge two BTO classes here
renal/urinary system, renal or urinary system
excretory system
uberon
UBERON:0001008
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_110815, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_147099
Urinary system
Term relations
- excretory system
- in taxon some (not Acoelomorpha)
- existence ends during some fully formed stage
- in taxon some (not Xenoturbella)
- capable of some renal tubular secretion
- only in taxon some Eumetazoa