Nephrology
Nephrology (from Greek nephros "kidney", combined with the suffix -logy, "the study of") is a specialty of medicine and pediatric medicine that about the kidneys. It is the study of normal kidney function and kidney disease, the preservation of kidney health, and the treatment of kidney disease, from diet and medication to renal replacement therapy (dialysis and kidney transplantation).
The term "nephrology" was first used in about 1960. Before then, the specialty was usually referred to as "kidney medicine."[1]
Nephrology Media
Structures of the kidney:* * 1.Renal pyramid * 2.Interlobular artery * 3.Renal artery * 4.Renal vein * 5.Renal hilum * 6.Renal pelvis * 7.Ureter * 8.Minor calyx * 9.Renal capsule * 10.Inferior renal capsule * 11.Superior renal capsule * 12.Interlobar vein * 13.Nephron * 14.Minor calyx * 15.Major calyx * 16.Renal papilla * 17.Renal column*(no distinction for red/blue (oxygenated or not) blood, arteriole is between capilaries and larger vessels
References
- ↑ Professor Priscilla Kincaid-Smith, nephrologist, Australian Academy of Science, Interview by Dr Max Blythe in 1998.
