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Aldosterone controls sodium and potassium levels in the blood. Excess aldosterone causes increased sodium retention in the body and increased potassium excretion from the body.
Addison's disease is characterized by adrenal insufficiency, especially hyposecretion of glucocorticoids. The disease is named to honor Thomas Addison, an English physician and sci
Plasma is blood from which formed elements of blood (red blood corpuscles (RBC), White blood corpuscles WBC)and platelets, i.e.thrombocytes) ar
The renal clearance value of a given substance is the volume of plasma in milliliter wholly cleared of that given substance in one minute by the kidneys; &
In each kidney, 1 to 1.5 million nephrons are present. However, they are tiny, only 45 to 65 mm in length.
There are two types of nephrons
The glomerular basement membrane is the main component of the glomerular filtration barrier and responsible for ultrafiltration by the renal corpuscl
Hormones and Enzymes are important for the normal functioning of the human body. They are different from each other.
Parathyroid gland essential for life. It is a highly vascular and tiny gland measuring about 6 mm in length 3 mm in width and 2 mm in thickness its weight is only 120 mg it is pr
Purpura: is a clinical condition in which there is a tendency of spontaneous bleeding, usually beneath the skin, mucous membrane, and internal organs. In this condition bleeding ti