renal artery, arteria renalis

an artery originating from the abdominal aorta and supplying the kidneys and adrenal glands and ureters

• artery, arteria — a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body

• kidney — either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine; urine passes out of the kidney through ureters to the bladder