Introduction- Embryological development of the kidneys & congenital abnormalities- The kidneys are a vital bean shaped-shaped organ within the human body‚ located in the upper abdominal area they function in both regulating and filtering blood and controlling the body’s fluid balance through the removal of waste within the Mammalian Species. With the kidney being fundamental to the both the urinary and the reproductive system their relationship lies in the embryonic development of these systems
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Fluid regulation Introduction Our kidneys keep the water in our bodies balanced‚ they do this by controlling the water concentration of blood plasma‚ the job of our kidneys is to control salt levels and control the excretion of urea. Water that is not returned to the blood is excreted in our urine. Why is fluid regulation important? Your body requires water for the cells‚ organs and tissues in the body‚ they use the water to help regulate body temperature and to maintain other functions in
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KIDNEY SALE: LEGAL OR ILLEGAL? Introduction: Organ transplantation is a recently developed technology used to replace faulty organs with new ones. The most common form of transplant after the corneal one is the kidney transplant. It is the most effective and efficient way of resuming kidney function in the body caused due to kidney failure (various causes) and is proven to be more effective than dialysis. The number of people waiting for a kidney transplant is growing and the number of kidney donors
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of finding a duplex kidney (duplicated collecting system) is not uncommon. Duplicated collecting systems are almost always asymptomatic incidental findings. Duplication of a ureter might be partial or complete. The kidneys go through a complicated series before you are born. When one of those steps are missed or performed in an unusual manner it can cause an abnormality. We present a case for review in which the patient was experiencing flank pain that turned in to kidney stones lodged in a
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A Manual for the MECHANICS of FLUIDS LABORATORY William S. Janna Department of Mechanical Engineering Memphis State University ©1997 William S. Janna All Rights Reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system‚ or transcribed in any form or by any means—electronic‚ magnetic‚ mechanical‚ photocopying‚ recording‚ or otherwise— without the prior written consent of William S. Janna 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Item Page Report Writing............
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Kidney Failure CheckPoint * Scenario A: * * Acute renal failure. Ms. Jones‚ a 68-year-old female‚ underwent open-heart surgery to replace several blocked vessels in her heart. On her first day postoperatively‚ it was noted that she had very little urine output. * * 1. What is happening to Ms. Jones’s kidneys‚ and why is it causing the observed symptom? Usually the kidney manages its own blood flow and GFR. When the kidneys become hypoperfused‚ such as in hypovolemia‚ heart failure
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The National Kidney Foundation states that every fourteen minutes a new person is added to the kidney transplant list. In addition to the horrifying number of patients that are added every day‚ the National Kidney Foundation also state that on average 13 people die everyday while waiting to be selected from a list containing more than a ninety thousand other patients in the United States. In order to maintain control on this epidemic the United Network for Organ Sharing or UNOS has created and manages
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Kidney stones are solid lumps of crystals that are separate from urine‚ and they build up on the inner surfaces of the kidneys. Kidneys are the bean shaped organs‚ in the middle part of the back. Each kidney is located in either side of the spine‚ just below the rib cage. Kidney stones can sometimes be undetected. You might not even know you have them‚ until it tries to come out of the urinary tract. Kidney stones have many symptoms. Some of which are: horrible lower back pain‚ pain in the rib
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Introduction Chronic kidney disease is defined as presence of kidney damage or decreased kidney function for three or more months‚ irrespective of the cause[1]. Persistent damage or decrease in kidney function for at least three months‚ is necessary to differentiate between acute and chronic renal disease. There are different stages of CKD and different diagnostic methods by which it can be diagnosed. Stages of CKD: Stage1 − GFR >90 mL/min per 1.73 m2 Stage 2 − GFR 60 to 89 mL/min per 1.73
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Kidney Dialysis There are two types of kidney dialysis: Haemodialysis and Peritoneal dialysis Both types carry out the function of the kidney: filtering our blood of metabolic wastes. Kidney dialysis is necessary when someone suffers kidney failure. Failed kidneys cant perform their excretory function‚ but also cant regulate ion concentration‚ PH levels‚ and blood volume. Haemodialysis: (carried out 4 hrs every 2-3 weeks) -patient is connected to dialysis machine by two thing needles inserted
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