What Are the Functions of the Right Renal Artery?

Although your kidneys are approximately the size of your fists, they perform important functions like filtering waste products, water and minerals from your blood. Inside your kidneys are arteries, glomeruli, nephrons and renal tubules which help your kidneys to perform important tasks.

Significance

Your renal arteries connect your kidneys and your heart together. More specifically, your renal arteries emerge from your aorta and branch off to your left and right kidneys.

Function

Your right renal artery, like your left artery, supplies oxygen and blood to your kidneys, according to the Nephrology Channel.

Features

Your renal arteries, according to MedicineNet, transport approximately 1.5 liters of blood to your kidneys every minute.

Job

Once in your kidneys, the blood is filtered of excess water and waste products like drugs and free radicals, according to the Nephrology Channel.

Considerations

If you develop renovascular hypertension it means either your right or left artery has become narrowed. As a result there is decreased blood flow to your kidneys.

References

• MedicineNet: Renal Artery Stenosis
• Nephrology Channel: Renal System Anatomy Including Kidneys