Biology
- Vasa Recta Is Present In
A) Heart B) Lung C) Brain D) Kidney The correct answer is: D) Kidney...
- Metanephros
Term: metanephrosLiterally meaning:?Origin: Anc Greek????-/meta-(=after, next to, behind)??????/nephros(-kidney)Coined/History(?)DefinitionMetanephros is the third stage of kidney development in amniotes (birds, reptiles, mammals)...
- Opisthonephros
Term: opisthonephrosLiterally meaning: ?kidney at last?Origin: Anc Greek( ??????- )/( opistho- ) = prefix meaning ?following, at last? (time) or ?behind?(=place)??????/nephros(-kidney)Coined/HistoryIn 1919 by Scottish embryologist Grahan Kerr (1869 ?1957)...
- Pyelonephritis
Term: pyelonephritis Literally meaning: ?inflammation of pelvis?Origin: Anc Greek??????/pyelos(=pelvis, basin)??????/nephros(=kidney)-?????/-itida (=-itis, suffix meaning ?pertaining to? or ?inflammation?.) It is feminine gender because it was used with...
- Nephron
Term: nephronOrigin: Anc Greek??????/nephros(=kidney)???/neo or ?????/nasso(=fill, overflow)Literally meaning : filled with(blood)Coined/History(?)The ancients did not have a clear idea about the structure and function of the kidney and only Galen reffered...
Biology
mesonephros
Term: mesonephros
Literally meaning: ?middle kidney?
Origin: Anc Greek
?????/mesos(=middle, between)
??????/nephros(-kidney)
Coined/History
(?)
Definition
Mesonephros is one of the trhee excretory embbryonic organs in anamniotes after pronephros and before the metanephros.
- Vasa Recta Is Present In
A) Heart B) Lung C) Brain D) Kidney The correct answer is: D) Kidney...
- Metanephros
Term: metanephrosLiterally meaning:?Origin: Anc Greek????-/meta-(=after, next to, behind)??????/nephros(-kidney)Coined/History(?)DefinitionMetanephros is the third stage of kidney development in amniotes (birds, reptiles, mammals)...
- Opisthonephros
Term: opisthonephrosLiterally meaning: ?kidney at last?Origin: Anc Greek( ??????- )/( opistho- ) = prefix meaning ?following, at last? (time) or ?behind?(=place)??????/nephros(-kidney)Coined/HistoryIn 1919 by Scottish embryologist Grahan Kerr (1869 ?1957)...
- Pyelonephritis
Term: pyelonephritis Literally meaning: ?inflammation of pelvis?Origin: Anc Greek??????/pyelos(=pelvis, basin)??????/nephros(=kidney)-?????/-itida (=-itis, suffix meaning ?pertaining to? or ?inflammation?.) It is feminine gender because it was used with...
- Nephron
Term: nephronOrigin: Anc Greek??????/nephros(=kidney)???/neo or ?????/nasso(=fill, overflow)Literally meaning : filled with(blood)Coined/History(?)The ancients did not have a clear idea about the structure and function of the kidney and only Galen reffered...