Talk:Renal physiology

Branch of physiology
The opening sentence of this article correctly defines renal physiology as the study of the functions of the kidneys. But subsequent paragraphs don't elaborate on this. Rather, the bulk of the article discusses these individual functions, content that belongs at Kidney. This article should be reserved to discuss renal physiology as the branch of physiology that it is, and should include a history of the field, its influential scientists, overview of kidney functions, methods of study (eg, creatinine clearance, BUN), clinical applications, etc. As an example, I was hoping to point to the articles listed at Physiology, but only Neuroendocrinology comes close to offering what I've suggested here. I'll have a go at this once exams are over. --David Iberri (talk) 14:18, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Definition lists
Terms like renal plasma flow, glomerular filtration rate, filtration fraction, etc., and their definitions are perfectly suited for definition lists (as opposed to the current approach that uses tables). IMHO the approach a bit more visually attractive (see below), plus it helps the semantic web: the latter would help our visually impaired readers and it would mean that our terms/definitions would be more likely to appear in Google "define:" searches. Here's an example:


 * Renal plasma flow
 * Renal plasma flow (RPF) is the volume of blood plasma delivered to the kidney per unit time. RPF can be estimated using the PAH clearance.


 * Renal blood flow
 * Renal blood flow (RBF) is the volume of blood delivered to the kidney per unit time.


 * Glomerular filtration rate
 * Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is the volume of fluid filtered from the glomeruli into the Bowman's capsules per unit time. GFR can be estimated using the creatinine clearance or a number of equations that measure renal function.

Mostly I'm coming from the perspective that this is just cleaner than using tables. I'd be interested to hear what others think. --David Iberri (talk) 02:33, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Illustration is in error
The illustration places the Na+/K+/2Cl- transporter, which is in the thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle, in the descending loop of Henle, and the Mg++/Ca++ transporter, which is also in the thick ascending limb, in the thin medullary segment. Yappy2bhere (talk) 21:18, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * It File:Diuretyki.png better? Ruslik_ Zero 09:43, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Because it's not in English, I don't think so. I will ask at the Graphics Workshop to see if we can get the original image corrected (Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Illustration workshop) --Tom (LT) (talk) 15:25, 26 May 2020 (UTC)