Glossary of Medical and Health Terms. List K & L

Kidney

A pair of organs in the upper abdominal cavity that separate the body's water and waste products from the blood and excrete them as urine through the bladder, a very important organ

Labor

The process or period of childbirth, especially the muscular contractions while giving birth

Leukemia

Cancer of the tissues in the bone marrow, spleen and lymph nodes

Liver

The large organ in the upper right abdomen that functions in digestion and storage of food, disposal of worn-out red blood cells and detoxification of the body

Lungs

The main respiratory organs in the chest where blood is oxygenated

Lymph Node

Any of many small, compact structures lying in groups along the course of the lymphatic vessels and producing lymphocytes.