About Kidnitbk.zip  30.6.93

How to use
1) Use PKUNZIP to decompress.
2) Two files should be produced,  of 766 bytes and 112212 bytes
 :- Kidney.ico and Kidney.tbk, the former
is a simple kidney icon for the windows application group.
3) Author mode is not password protected.

About
The module is a ToolBook version of a simple kidney function module
originally designed (1988) to run under Dos based Microtext ((C) Transdata) 
on an IBM PC, by Dundee and Aberdeen University  Physiology Depts.

Contents
The module is largely text based, with a few simple diagrams, the user
response consists of words, short phrases, or numeric values.
The material questions on:-
Glomerular filtration
Tubule - reabsorption
Tubular transport/Na pump
Coupled facilitated diffusion 3 subs linked to Na
Features of water movement out of renal tubule - tonicity of fluids
Bit on Loop of Henle - Juxta medullary
Action of ADH on distal tubule and collecting ducts -END

It does NOT teach the countercurrent mechanism. (YET!)

If you have any comments/queries please contact
John Varley, Centre for Human Biology, Leeds University LS2 9JT
Tel 0532 334345
Email mul6jsv@UK.AC.Leeds.Novell.SOUTH-01