The renal pelvis: machinery that concentrates urine in the papilla.
News Physiol Sci
; 18: 1-6, 2003 Feb.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12531923
ABSTRACT
Two decades ago, Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen and Bruce Graves documented the rhythmic contractions of the renal pelvis in a remarkable video, visually demonstrating how peristaltic waves empty the papilla and how the subsequent elastic recoil draws water from the collecting duct and into the tethered-open ascending vasa recta. Thus a periodic hydrostatic gradient generates an axial osmotic gradient. This review recapitulates the video and offers a link to figures and scenes digitized from the original tape.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Capacidade de Concentração Renal
/
Medula Renal
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Pelve Renal
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
Article