Lorenzo Bellini (3 September 1643 – 8 January 1704),

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and

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Life

He was born at

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on the September 3, 1643. At the age of twenty, when he had already begun his researches on the structure of the

kidneys The kidneys are two reddish-brown bean-shaped organs found in vertebrates. They are located on the left and right in the retroperitoneal space, and in adult humans are about in length. They receive blood from the paired renal arteries; blood ...

and had described the

papillary duct The collecting duct system of the kidney consists of a series of tubules and ducts that physically connect nephrons to a minor calyx or directly to the renal pelvis. The collecting duct system is the last part of nephron and participates in electr ...

s (also known as Bellini's ducts;

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: ductus Bellini, tubulus Bellini, tubuli Belliniani; see:

duct of bellini The collecting duct system of the kidney consists of a series of tubules and ducts that physically connect nephrons to a minor calyx or directly to the renal pelvis. The collecting duct system is the last part of nephron and participates in ele ...

bellini duct carcinoma Collecting duct carcinoma (CDC) is a type of kidney cancer that originates in the papillary duct of the kidney. It is rare, accounting for 1-3% of all kidney cancers. It is also recently described; a 2002 review found just 40 case reports wor ...

), as published in his book ''Exercitatio Anatomica de Structura Usu Renum'' (1662), he was chosen professor of theoretical

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, but soon after was transferred to the chair of

anatomy Anatomy () is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old science, having its ...

. After spending thirty years at Pisa, he was invited to Florence and appointed physician to the grand duke

Cosimo III Cosimo III de' Medici (14 August 1642 – 31 October 1723) was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1670 until his death in 1723, the sixth and penultimate from the House of Medici. He reigned from 1670 to 1723, and was the elder son of Grand Duke Ferdinan ...

, and was also made senior consulting physician to Pope

Clement XI Pope Clement XI ( la, Clemens XI; it, Clemente XI; 23 July 1649 – 19 March 1721), born Giovanni Francesco Albani, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 23 November 1700 to his death in March 1721. Clement XI w ...

. He died at Florence on the January 8, 1704. His works were published in a collected form at Venice in 1708.

Gallery

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kidney The kidneys are two reddish-brown bean-shaped organs found in vertebrates. They are located on the left and right in the retroperitoneal space, and in adult humans are about in length. They receive blood from the paired renal arteries; blood ...

ducts by ''Lorenzo Bellini''.

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* * * 1643 births 1704 deaths Italian anatomists University of Pisa faculty Members of the Academy of Arcadians {{Italy-scientist-stub