Lorenzo Bellini (3 September 1643 in

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– 8 January 1704 in Florence),

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and

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Life

At the age of twenty, when he had already begun his researches on the structure of the

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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 participates in electrolyte and fluid balance through reabsor ...

s (also known as Bellini's ducts;

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

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 morphology concerned with the study of the internal 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 scien ...

. After spending thirty years at Pisa, he was invited to Florence and appointed physician to the grand duke Cosimo III, and was also made senior consulting physician to Pope

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. His works were published in a collected form at Venice in 1708.

Gallery

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ducts by ''Lorenzo Bellini''.

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* * * 1643 births 1704 deaths Italian anatomists 17th-century Italian physicians Academic staff of the University of Pisa Members of the Academy of Arcadians {{Italy-scientist-stub