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.
Yes the renal artery serves the kidney
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Your renal artery supplies blood to your kidney.
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The kidney receives blood through two renal arteries. One artery supplies blood to left kidney while the other supplies blood to the right kidney. Within the kidney, each artery branches out into arterioles and finally the afferent arterioles.
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.
The first branch off the renal artery is typically the inferior suprarenal artery. This artery supplies blood to the adrenal gland located above the kidney. The renal artery then continues to branch into smaller arteries that supply the kidney itself.
The pulmonary artery takes the blood to the alveoli.