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Cartage.org: The Excretory System
This comprehensive resource examines the human excretory system, kidney function, nitrogen wastes, water and salt balance, and more.
About Kids Health
About Kidshealth: Urology Learning Hub
Urology covers the entire urological and genital systems for children. These systems include the kidneys, bladder, and genitals. Learn about some of the conditions that are seen, the tests that are used to diagnose them and how they are...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Anatomy and Physiology: Urinary System Regulation
By completing this module, students will discover how the liver, kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra all work together to maintain homeostasis in the human excretory system.
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National Kidney Foundation: High Blood Pressure
Although there is no cure for high blood pressure, this concise but informative site provides insight into how high blood pressure is treated what can be done to control blood presssure.
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National Kidney Foundation: What You Should Know About Being Overweight or Obese
The causes and health risks of having excess weight are discussed in this informative site along with suggestions for loosing weight through diet, behavior modification exercise and surgery.
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National Kidney Foundation: Prostate Cancer
This thorough site defines what the prostate is, explains the cause of prostate cancer, lists the symptoms of prostate cancer, and delves into tests and treatments.
Curated OER
Kidney Anatomy
A description of kidney transplants are provided in this encyclopedia article. Risk factors and expectations after surgery are discussed. Diagrams of the kidney are also provided.
Curated OER
Kidney Blood and Urine Flow
A description of kidney transplants are provided in this encyclopedia article. Risk factors and expectations after surgery are discussed. Diagrams of the kidney are also provided.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: End Stage Renal Disease
This is the thorough overview of end-stage renal disease that includes information on symptoms, prevention, treatment, and more.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Excretory System Diseases
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Kidney stones. Imagine having that travel through your excretory system. Kidney stones can be more than a few millimeters in diameter. Painful? Sometimes extremely...
WebMD
Medicine Net: Electrolytes
"What are electrolytes?" Find the answer to this question and read information on potassium, chloride, hyperkalemia, and kidney disease.
Untamed Science
Untamed Science: Biology: Human Biology: Excretory System
Explore how the human body rids itself of wastes with the function of the kidneys.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Gertrude Elion
Learn about a the scientist who won a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her work in the scientific discovery of drugs to treat leukemia and herpes, and to prevent the rejection of kidney transplants.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Urinary System
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Sometimes, the urinary system is called the excretory system. But the urinary system is only one part of the excretory system. Recall that the excretory system is...
Curated OER
Kids Health: Tus Rinones
Read about what your kidneys do and why do you need at least one kidney to live.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Excretory System Problems
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The urinary system controls the amount of water in the body and removes wastes. Any problem with the urinary system can also affect many other body systems. Learn...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Excretory System Diseases
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers some common kidney diseases and dialysis.
National Academy of Engineering
Health Technologies Timeline
Find a timeline of important medical inventions of the 20th century. Inventions include the first electrocardiograph, the first kidney dialysis machine, the first plastic contact lens, and the first artificial heart.
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Phoenix 5: Ureter
This site from Phoenix 5 provides a brief dictionary definition of the ureter, a fibromuscular tube through which the urine passes from the kidney to the bladder. Also includes a chart showing the function of the ureter.
University of Arizona
University of Arizona: The Biology Project: Chemicals and Human Health
The University of Arizona's Biology Project provides background information on toxic materials and the body's responses as well as interactive tutorials with assessment questions and an activity in which students can actually acquire and...
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: Willem J. Kolff
Read a brief bio on Willem J. Kolff, inventor of the artificial kidney dialysis machine, and learn the extent to which this invention is being used in the U.S.
University of Guelph
What Are Wetlands?
Wetlands are an important part of our ecosystem. They are often called the kidneys of the land. Learn about wetlands, where they are located, their value, and what threatens them.
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Pollution Probe: Mercury in the Environment [Pdf]
High levels of mercury exposure can cause birth defects, permanent brain or kidney damage, and/or death. This resource focuses on the impacts of mercury in the environment. Learn how mercury can reap havoc on lakes and other aquatic...
US National Library of Medicine
Medline Plus: Ivp (Intra Venous Pyelogram)
An intravenous pyelogram, or IVP, is an x-ray of the kidney and bladder. This tutorial explains the procedure and the benefits and risks.
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