The way the kidney works is described clearly and ex-plicidy in this book-a story of vertebrate evolution and adaptation seen through kidney function. The author, Dr. Smith, is an eminent kidney physiologist whose broad range of interests takes him to the realm of evolution- without ever leaving the kidney. He describes how the kidney functions on different phylogenetic levels and how it facilitates the adaptation of organisms, such as the estivating lungfish ("Kamongo" of an earlier book), to highly speciahzed environments ...
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The way the kidney works is described clearly and ex-plicidy in this book-a story of vertebrate evolution and adaptation seen through kidney function. The author, Dr. Smith, is an eminent kidney physiologist whose broad range of interests takes him to the realm of evolution- without ever leaving the kidney. He describes how the kidney functions on different phylogenetic levels and how it facilitates the adaptation of organisms, such as the estivating lungfish ("Kamongo" of an earlier book), to highly speciahzed environments. The importance of the kidney cannot be overestimated; it removes and excretes the waste products of cell metabolism and it maintains, in constant and relatively equivalent composition, the body fluids which bathe the cells. The kidney works closely with the blood system, removing the wastes from it and adjusting the level and balance of sugars, salts, and water as the blood courses through the fine structure of the kidney. In fact, its basic unit, the nephron, is made up of a tuft of intertwined blood capillaries (the glomerulus) closely aligned with a kidney tubule. Through mechanisms of filtration and reabsorption, the balance of the internal environment is maintained. This constancy of environment is critical to vertebrate evolution and adaptation. In addition to his comprehensive survey, Dr. Smith deals with the problem of the origin of the earliest vertebrates, ancient fossil fishes called the ostracoderms.
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