Module Overview

·        To describe the role of the pronephros, mesonephros and metanephros in kidney development

·        To understand the formation of the excretory unit / nephron

·        To appreciate the development of the collecting duct system

·        To describe the ascent of the kidney during development

·        To understand the development of the bladder and urethra

·        To discuss the embryonic basis of congenital anomalies of the urinary system