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The human urinary system

Chapter 1

The microscopic marvels of filtration

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Chapter 2

The plumbing and storage system

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Chapter 3

History and global medicine

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Chapter 4

Balance, hydration, and survival

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Master of The human urinary system

Ch 3 · History and global medicine
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artiteacher The sausage-skin breakthrough

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artiteacher Modern dialysis access

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artiteacher The future of bio-kidneys

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artiteacher Ancient urine doctors

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History and global medicine

artiteacher History and global medicine

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Forty times a day, forty times a day, filtering it all, washing waste away!

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Modern dialysis access

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Fun Fact

Ancient taste tests: Ancient doctors actually tasted urine to diagnose diabetes, noting if it was sweet enough to attract ants.

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The sausage-skin breakthrough

artiteacher The sausage-skin breakthrough

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Glossary
uroscopy (noun)
The diagnostic examination of a patient's urine, typically through visual inspection. By the Middle Ages, European physicians routinely used specialized wheel charts to analyze urine color and sediment.

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Quiz

In what year did researchers at UCSF successfully test a prototype bioartificial kidney?

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Gossip

Would you trust an artificial kidney?

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Quiz

How often does a patient undergoing standard hemodialysis typically need to visit a clinic?

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Quiz

What everyday household item did Willem Kolff use to build the first working artificial kidney in 1943?

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Quiz

Which country or region is known for a high rate of home-based peritoneal dialysis?

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Quiz

Why does the proposed bioartificial kidney not require immunosuppressive drugs?

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What was the ancient medical practice of diagnosing diseases by examining urine called?

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Quiz

What symptom led ancient doctors to refer to diabetes as 'sweet urine'?

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Quiz

What natural bodily membrane is used as the filter in peritoneal dialysis?

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