The urinary system/
Stephanie Watson.
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004.
- xvi, 207 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
- Human body systems (Westport, Conn.); .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-202) and index.
Structure and function of the urinary system -- From birth to old age -- Urology comes of age: a history of the profession from antiquity to the twenty- first century -- When the kidneys malfunction: kidney diseases and abnormalities -- Kidney failure: dialysis and transplantation -- Diseases and disorders of the bladder -- Benign and cancerous prostate growth -- Urinary incontinence -- Urinary tract infections.