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What are the main causes of renal artery stenosis?
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The two main causes of renal artery stenosis are atherosclerosis and fibromuscular disease.
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In what way does the composition of the blood in the renal artery differ from the renal vein?
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.
How is renal angiogram performed?
the guide wire and catheter are inserted into the femoral artery in the groin area and advanced through the abdominal aorta, the main artery in the abdomen, and into the renal arteries
What are some symptoms of carotid stenosis?
Carotid Stenosis effects a person arteries throughout sections of their body. The main symptom is the constricting or narrowing of the internal surface of the artery.
What main vessel transports blood to the kidney and where does it get the blood supply?
The renal artery brings blood to the kidney.
How is angiogram perform?
the guide wire and catheter are inserted into the femoral artery in the groin area and advanced through the abdominal aorta, the main artery in the abdomen, and into the renal arteries
What blocks blood flow to the kidneys?
The kidneys need a good blood supply. The main artery to the kidney is called the renal artery. Reduced blood flow through the renal artery can hurt kidney function. A complete blockage of blood flow to the kidney can often result in permanent kidney failure.
How blood circulate to the legs?
left ventricle,hepatic artery,aorta,renal vein,vena cava,right ventricle,right atrium,and left atrium
What is the leading cause of pericarditis in the elderly?
Malignancy or renal failure are the main causes of this disorder in the elderly.
What are the two main parts of a nephron?
it consistsof two parts the renal corpusle and the renal tubule. The question I gave my students was What are the two main parts of a nephron and that was the answer
Main blood vessel beginning with A?
artery artery
What are the three main regions of the kidney in their correct sequence from outermost to innermost?
renal cortex > renal medulla > renal pelvis1.renal medulla>renal pelvis>renal cortex2.renal medulla>renal cortex>renal pelvis3.renal cortex>renal medulla>renal pelvis4.renal cortex>renal pelvis>renal medulla
What is the function of the renal vein?
The main function of a renal vein is to carry blood from the kidneys
