Overview
- A completely updated and revised new edition
- Compares and integrates renal physiology across all the major classes of vertebrates
- Identifies gaps in our knowledge of comparative renal physiology and indicates areas of future research
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Vertebrate physiology
- Nephrology
- Renal function
- Renal morphology
- Urine formation
- Renal tubules
- Glomerular filtration rate
- Urine diluting mechanism
- Nonmammalian vertebrates
- nonmammalian renal function
- Renal structure
- Glomerular ultrafiltration
- Urine dilution
- Urine concentration
- Renal physiology
- Model vertebrates
About this book
This second edition offers a comprehensive overview of the physiological functions of vertebrate kidneys from a comparative viewpoint, with particular emphasis on nonmammalian vertebrates. The topics covered include renal structure; glomerular ultrafiltration; tubular transport of inorganic ions, organic substances, and fluid; and urine dilution and concentration. Mammalian renal function is only considered for purposes of comparison with nonmammalian renal function and as a frame of reference for some of the discussions. The major findings on nonmammalian renal functionand the important unanswered questions raised by those findings are described in detail. As such, the book provides comprehensive information on comparative renal function for biological scientists and advanced students of biology with some knowledge of physiology and a desire to know more about renal function in vertebrates, and for mammalian renal physiologists who wish to obtain a broader view of renal function.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
William H. Dantzler, M.D.,Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Department of Physiology
College of Medicine
University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Comparative Physiology of the Vertebrate Kidney
Authors: William H. Dantzler
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3734-9
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The American Physiological Society 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-3732-5Published: 06 July 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-8123-6Published: 30 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-3734-9Published: 05 July 2016
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: X, 292
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Animal Physiology, Vertebrates, Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology, Animal Biochemistry