keel meaning, keel definition | English Cobuild dictionary. Search also in: Web News Encyclopedia Images. keel. ( keels plural & 3rd person present) ( keeling present participle) ( keeled past tense & past participle ) 1 n-count The keel of a boat is the long, specially shaped piece of wood or steel along the bottom of it.
The segmental arteries divide within the renal sinus to form the interlobar arteries which enter the kidney crossing the space between the calyces and adjacent cortical parenchyma, they continue by the space between pyramids (medulla) and the septa or columns of Bertin (the cortical tissue that surrounds pyramids).
There are a number of important external structures connecting the kidneys to the rest of the body. The renal artery branches off from the lower part of the aorta and provides the blood supply to the kidneys. Renal veins take blood away from the kidneys into the inferior vena cava. The ureters are structures that come out of the kidneys, bringing urine downward into the bladder.