Biology
- Vasa Recta Is Present In
A) Heart B) Lung C) Brain D) Kidney The correct answer is: D) Kidney...
- Mesonephros
Term: mesonephrosLiterally meaning: ?middle kidney?Origin: Anc Greek?????/mesos(=middle, between)??????/nephros(-kidney)Coined/History(?)DefinitionMesonephros is one of the trhee excretory embbryonic organs in anamniotes after pronephros and before the...
- 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)...
- 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
opisthonephros
Term: opisthonephros
Literally meaning: ?kidney at last?
Origin: Anc Greek
( ??????- )/( opistho- ) = prefix meaning ?following, at last? (time) or ?behind?(=place)
??????/nephros(-kidney)
Coined/History
In 1919 by Scottish embryologist Grahan Kerr (1869 ?1957) best known for his studies of the embryology of lungfishes. Kerr used the term to denote the lsta stage of the embryonic kidney development in lungfishes.
Definition
Opisthonephros is the functional adult kidney in cyclostomes, fishes (except Myxini) and amphibians .
- Vasa Recta Is Present In
A) Heart B) Lung C) Brain D) Kidney The correct answer is: D) Kidney...
- Mesonephros
Term: mesonephrosLiterally meaning: ?middle kidney?Origin: Anc Greek?????/mesos(=middle, between)??????/nephros(-kidney)Coined/History(?)DefinitionMesonephros is one of the trhee excretory embbryonic organs in anamniotes after pronephros and before the...
- 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)...
- 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...