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 information
- BILA:0000015
- TAO:0000163
- EV:0100095
- WBbt:0005736
- EHDAA2:0001601
- BTO:0003092
- XAO:0000143
- EMAPA:17366
- EFO:0000803
- FMA:7159
- Wikipedia:Excretory_system
- ZFA:0000163
- EHDAA:5901
- NCIT:C12413
- MA:0000325
- GAID:391
- MESH:D014551
- CALOHA:TS-1323
- galen:UrinaryTract
- MIAA:0000027
- BTO:0001244
- SCTID:362204003
- AAO:0010257
- TADS:0000162
- VHOG:0000723
- MAT:0000027
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas
EDITOR_NOTE 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
Term relations
- excretory system
- existence ends during some fully formed stage
- capable of some renal tubular secretion