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In what way does the composition of the blood in the renal artery differ from the renal vein?
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∙ 16y ago
The renal artery takes blood to the kidney. The renal vein takes blood away from the kidney. In the kidney, the waste product urea is filtered out of the blood. So the main difference is in the amount of urea in the blood: high in the renal artery and low in the renal vein.
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What are function of the renal artery?
The renal artery supplies blood to the renal system, or the kidneys. The renal artery differ with the renal vein in containing the less concentration of co2 and more concentration of urea
How does the blood in the renal artery differ from the blood of renal vein?
renal artery contains a higher percentage of oxygen as compared tro the renal vein. it also contains a higher percentage of urea as compared to the renal vein as all the urea has been filtered away for excretion in the kidney.
What vessels carry blood to the kidneys?
The renal artery carries blood into the kidneys while the renal vein drains the blood.
What kind of blood is carried by the renal artery and renal vein?
The renal artery carries blood to the kidney, and the renal vein carries blood that has been purified by the kidney.
What blood vessel carries blood from the kidney?
The renal artery - "renal" being the Latin word for kidney.
What blood vessel carries blood from the heart to the kidneys?
The renal artery delivers blood to the kidneys.
Renal artery - definition?
The medical term "renal" refers to the kidneys, so a renal artery would be an artery (a type of blood vessel which oxygenated blood travels through) that leads to the kidneys and supplies them with blood.
Which blood vessel does blood leave the kidney from?
the renal artery. :) Micaela U. Sanchez
Function of renal artery in frog?
The renal artery supplies oxygenated blood from the heart to the kidneys.
Name 2 blood vessels which enters and leave the kidney?
Afferent - go into the glomerulus and efferent - go out of glomerulus
What is the job of the ranal artery?
Your renal artery supplies blood to your kidney.
What arteries supply the kidney?
Your renal arteries supply the kidneys with blood while the renal veins take it away back to the heart.
