Physical Characteristics of Urine

• Links from the course textbook (in Janux)
  • Urine color and odor changes
    • Article from Harvard Medical School
       
• Videos/Animations
  • ​Characteristics of urine terminology
    • Flash cards from McGrawHill Higher Education Support Website
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• Read More About It:
  • Polyuria
    • Article from the National Institutes of Health
  • Urine color and odor changes
    • Article from Harvard Medical School
  • Urine
    • Article from Wikipedia
  • Oliguria
    • Article from Wikipedia

Gross Anatomy of Urine Transport

• Links from the course textbook (in Janux)​​​
  • High-Res Images of bladder tissue
    • University of Michigan WebScope
       
• Videos/Animation:
  • Urine transport terms
    • Terminology review from McGrawHill Higher Education Support Website
       
• Read More About It:
  • Ureteral Disorders
    • Article from National Institute of Health
  • Ureters
    • Wikibooks.org
  • Proximal Convoluted Tuble
    • Wikibooks.org

Gross Anatomy of the Kidney

• Links from the course textbook (in Janux)​​​
  • Printing a Human Kidney
    • TED talk by surgeon Anthony Atala
  • The Vascular System of the Kidneys
    • Interactive from Wisc-Online
  • How do your kidneys work? (Renal Anatomy)
    • Khan Academy video
       
• Videos/Animation:
  • Kidney microscopic anatomy
    • Flash video from McGrawHill Higher Education Support Website
  • Kidney gross anatomy
    • Flash video from McGrawHill Higher Education Support Website
  • Kidney terms
    • Terminology review from McGrawHill Higher Education Support Website
       
• Read More About It:
  • Juxtamedullary nephrons
    • from Wikibooks.org

Microscopic Anatomy of the Kidney

• Links from the course textbook (in Janux)​​​
  • Glomerular filtration in the nephron
    • Khan Academy Video
       
• Videos/Animation:
  • Kidney -Microscopic Anatomy
    • Flash video from McGrawHill Higher Education Support Website
  • Multiple choice quiz
    • Quiz from Hole's Human Anatomy & Physiology
       
• Read More About It: 
  • The Kidneys
    • Discussion from Kimbal's Biology pages
  • Urinary system
    • Article from Anatomy Atlases
  • Kidneys and their structure
    • Article from Wikibooks

Physiology of Urine Formation

• Videos/Animation:
  • Urine formation
    • Flash video from McGrawHill Higher Education Support Website
  • Organs of digestion
    • Flash video from McGrawHill Higher Education Support Website
  • The Juxtaglomerular Apparatus
    • Interactive from Wisc-Online
  • The vascular system of the kidneys
    • Interactive from Wisc-Online
       
• Read More About It:
  • Formation of Urine
    • Chapter from Wikibooks

Tabular Reabsorption

• Links from the course textbook (in Janux)​​​
  • Concurrent multiplication in the kidney
    • Khan Academy video
       
• Videos/Animation:
  • Reabsorption animation
    • Animation by McGrawHill Higher Education Support Website
  • Concurrent Multiplier Animation
    • Interactive from the University of Colorado
       
• ​Read More About It:
  • Urinary system
    • Images of tissues from Virtual Histology Lab at the University of Oklahoma
  • Renal Physiology
    • Wikipedia article
  • Loop of Henle
    • Wikipedia article
  • Maintaining water-salt balance
    • Wikibooks section
  • The Loop of Henle: Concentration
    • Discussion from the University of Liverpool

Regulation of Renal Blood Flow

• Read More About It:
  • Mechanisms of renal blood flow autoregulation: dynamics and contributions
    • Article from the American Physiological Society
  • Renal physiology
    • Terminology and attributes from the University of Kansas Medical Center
  • Assessing Renal Function: Renal Measurements
    • From College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Science
  • Renovascular Conditions
    • Article from Vascular Web
  • Renal vein and arteries
    • From Wikibooks
  • Renal Blood Flow
    • Wikipedia article

Endocrine Regulation of Kidney Function

• Videos/Animation:
  • Suprarenal (adrenal) glands
    • Flash video from McGrawHill Higher Education Support Website
  • Regulation of Kidney Function and Metabolism
    • Article from the National Center for Biotechnology Information
       
• Read More About It:
  • How do hormones affect kidney function?
    • Resource from Thomson Learning
  • Kidney hormone secretion
    • Wikipedia article
  • The Endocrine System: Adrenal Glands
    • Article from the University of Rochester Medical Center

Regulation of Fluid Volume and Composition

• Videos/Animation:
  • Baroreceptor Reflex Control of Blood Pressure
    • Flash video from McGrawHill Higher Education Support Website
  • Baroreceptor Reflex
    • Flash video from McGrawHill higher Education Support Website
       
• Read More About It:
  • Who and Where is the Renal Baroreceptor?: the connexion hypothesis
    • Article from the National Center for Biotechnology Information
  • Baroreceptor
    • Wikipedia article
  • Diuretic
    • Wikipedia article

​The Urinary System and Homeostasis

• Videos/Animation:
  • Hemopoiesis
    • Flash video from McGrawHill Higher Education Support Website
  • Hemoglobin Breakdown
    • Flash video from McGrawHill Higher Education Support Website
       
• Read More About It:
  • Kidney Homeostasis
    • Article from the Baselin of Health Foundation
  • The Kidney in Blook Pressure Regulation
    • PDF article from the Kidney Atlas
  • The Kidney in Blood Pressure Regulation and Development of Hypertension
    • Article from the US National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health
  • Osteomalacia
    • Wikipedia article