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==[[:Category:Kidney diseases | Click ''Here'' For A Complete Listing Of All Chapters In The Living Textbook Of Kidney And Urologic Disease In Alphabetical Order]]==

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== KIDNEY EMBRYOLOGY ==
[[Pronephros]] | [[Mesonephros]] | [[Metanephros]] | [[Ureteric bud]] | [[Nephron]] | [[Collecting duct system|Collecting system]] | [[Vasculature]]

== KIDNEY ANATOMY ==

=== A. Nephron ===
'''i) [[Glomerulus]]:''' [[Podocytes]] | [[Endothelial cells]] | [[Mesangial cells]] | [[Glomerular basement membrane]] | [[Bowman's capsule|Bowman capsule]]

'''ii) [[Juxtaglomerular apparatus|Juxtaglomerular Apparatus]]:''' Juxtaglomerular granular cells | Extraglomerular mesangium | [[Macula densa]]

'''iii) Proximal Tubule:''' Pars convoluta | Pars recta

'''iv) [[Loop of Henle]]:''' [[Descending limb of loop of Henle|Descending loop]] | [[Thick ascending limb of loop of Henle|Thick Ascending Limb]] | [[Thin ascending limb of loop of Henle|Thin Ascending Limb]]

==== v) [[Distal convoluted tubule|Distal Convoluted Tubule]] ====

==== vi) [[Connecting tubule|Connecting Tubule]] ====

=== '''B. Collecting Ducts''' ===
[[Cortical collecting duct|Cortical Collecting Duct]] | [[Outer medullary collecting duct|Outer Medullary Collecting Duct]] | [[Inner medullary collecting duct|Inner Medullary Collecting Duct]]

=== '''C. Interstitium''' ===
[[Medullary interstitium|Medullary Interstitium]] | Cortical Interstitium

=== '''D. Lymphatics''' ===

=== E. Vasculature ===

=== '''F. Innervation''' ===

== RENAL PHYSIOLOGY ==
'''A. [[Renal blood flow|Renal Blood Flow]]'''

'''B. Glomerular Ultrafiltration:'''  Determinants of Glomerular Ultrafiltration | Regulation of Glomerular Ultrafiltration

'''C. Blood Pressure Regulation'''

'''D. Markers of Glomerular Function:''' [[Renal function|Renal Clearance]] | [[Inulin|Inulin clearance]] | [[Creatinine clearance]] | [[Cockroft-Gault formula|Cockroft-Gault Formula]] | [[Urea]] | [[Cystatin C]] | Other biomarkers

'''E. Markers of tubular function and Damage''':  [[LDH]] | Kim-1

== KIDNEY PATHOLOGY ==

== PROCEDURES ==

==Anatomy and Physiology==
{{Kidney}}
{{Renal physiology}}
{{Reproductive physiology}}

==Embryology==
{{Development of urinary and reproductive systems}}

==Disease States==
{{Nephrology}}

==Congenital Disease States==
{{Congenital malformations of genital organs and urinary system}}

==Pharmacotherapy==
{{Urologicals}}

==Surgery==
{{Transurethral resection of the prostate}}