Acute tubular necrosis

English (en)

Acute tubular necrosis
The kidney consists of about a 
million microscopic units, each
consisting of a glomerulus – a tuft 
of tiny blood vessels and a tubule
– a hollow tube carrying the fluid 
filtered from blood which will go to
make up urine. An event causing 
disruption and death of the cells
lining the tubules and which leads 
to kidney failure has been termed
acute tubular necrosis, although 
the term is now regarded as
archaic.

Other languages: Hausa, Igbo

Related terms
Necrosis

Yorùbá (yo)

  • Ìpalára àwọn ihò inú kíndìnrín òjijì

Decomposition: Ìpalára tàbí ìbàjẹ́ òjijì tí ó dé bá àwọn ihò tí ó ń gbé ìtọ̀ nínú kíndìnrín. A sudden injury to the tiny tubules inside the kidneys, causing them to stop working properly.

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