Current Hyperlinks

Fatty Acid Information

This is a place where you can get information about fats in foods and diets. It also has many links to the USDA database.

Fatty Acid Metabolism

This place has great text and cool pictures that help to illustrate the breakdown of fatty acids and the by-products that are generated.

Introduction To Amino Acids

This is a place that displays pictures of all the amino acids. You can view interactive 3-D models of each of the amino acids. You'll also find instructions explaining how to download and install the necessary software for viewing these interactive amino acids.

Gastrointestinal Pathology Images

This is a place with many pictures of the gastrointestinal tract. Many of the pictures are microscopic images and others are dissections.

The Stomach

This is a place where you'll find many pictures of the stomach and how it works. The diagrams are of the general stomach and the dissection of the stomach lining.

Renal Pathology Images

This is a place where you can look at the actual pathology of the renal system. Many of the links are pictures or movies.

Poison Protection

This is a place that describes the role of the urinary system in filtering poisons and toxic wastes from your blood.

Renal Pathology Tutorial

This place describes and illustrates normal kidney histology. From here you can link to related pages dealing with kidney disease.

Kidney Stones in Adults

This place is sponsored by the National Institute of Health. From here you will be able to learn about the cause, treatment, and prevention of kidney stones.

Nephropathy: Diabetic Kidney Disease

This place describes the cause, treatment, and prevention of diabetic kidney disease.

Kidney Development

This place offers a very brief review of kidney development for those outside the field (which is most of us).

Osmoregulation and Excretion

This is a place with no other links in it, however it has great pictures of the renal system. The diagrams are easily enlarged and explained.

Genitourinary Radiology

This is a place with diagrams and x-rays of the renal and gastrointestinal tracts. This has many different links and great pictures.

The Kidney: Ultimate Arbiter of Fluid and Electrolyte Balance

This place has many diagrams about the kidneys and the functions of the renal system. We suggest this page as a study tool prior to your test.

The Kidney

This place is loaded with links on the renal system. The links are either diagrams or dissections of the renal system. This link is great.

Renal Pathology Images

This is a place where you can look at the actual pathology of the renal system. Many of the links are pictures or movies.

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Last Update - July 25, 1997

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