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Skandalakis' Surgical Anatomy
Chapter 23. Kidneys and Ureters
Sections: Introduction to the Urogenital System, Kidneys, Ureters, References.
Topics Discussed: kidney; ureter; urology.
Excerpt:
"The detailed surgical anatomy of the anatomic entities most immediately
associated with the urogenital system will be found in the chapters
on the kidneys/ureters, urinary bladder, male genital system,
and female genital system.Three excretory organs (pronephroi, mesonephroi, and metanephroi)
develop from the intermediate mesoderm2,3
(Figs.
23-1, 23-2). However, since pronephroi are never functional in human
embryos and degenerate on days 24 or 25, we will present only the
concepts of mesonephroi and metanephroi...."
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