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The Renal System Explained
An Illustrated Core Text
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- + Contents
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Body Fluid Balance
- + Acid-Base Balance
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Structure of the Renal System
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Renal Corpuscle
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Renal Tubular System
- + Tubular transport mechanisms
- + Proximal tubule
- + Loop of Henle
- + Other major solutes
- + Distal tubule and collecting duct system
- + Urine concentration and dilution
- + Self-assessment
- Appendix 1 - Diuretics overview
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Appendix 2 - Clinical imaging overview
- + Appendix 3 – Normal values
- Commonly used abbreviations
- References
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Glossary
- Acidosis
- Allosteric interactions
- Alkalosis
- Anastomosis
- Arrhythmia
- Autoantibody
- Calculus (pl. calculi)
- Catecholamine
- Creatinine
- Cyst
- Cystine
- Cystinosis
- Deamination
- Dysuria
- Erythropoietin
- Glutaminase
- Glycolysis
- Haematocrit
- Haematuria
- Hypoplasia
- Intravenous
- Leukocyturia
- Lymphoma
- Mesangium
- Microalbuminuria
- Microangiopathy
- Packed cell volume
- Pallor
- Pericarditis
- Pitting oedema
- Plasma
- Polycythaemia
- Polyuria
- Post-prandial
- Proteinuria
- Pyelonephritis
- Renal osteodystrophy
- Renal threshold
- Septicaemia
- Shear stress
- Solvent drag
- Tachycardia
- Tachypnoea
- Transport maximum
- Uraemia
- Varicocele
- Vesico-ureteric reflux
- + Index
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Authors
Sunita R Deshmukh Newton WK Wong
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Publication year : 2009
License: All rights reserved ©
Times read: 194


