The Kidney at a Glance
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing, Incorporated
Published: December 15, 2000
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9780632052066
First sentence: The kidneys lie behind the peritoneum at the back of the abdominal cavity, extending from the twelfth thoracic vertebra (T12) to the third lumbar vertebra (L3).
Description: "The Kidney at a Glance presents the information required by medical students in the concise, easy to learn format of the At a Glance series. The familiar double-page spread format of one page of illustrations and one page of text for each topic is used to present the kidney and urinary tract, starting with basic anatomy and physiology, working up to the pathologies and presentations of renal and urinary tract disease."--BOOK JACKET.