Nephrosis Nephrosis Nephrosis is any of various forms of kidney disease (nephropathy). In an old and broad sense of the term, it is any nephropathy, but in current usage the term is usually restricted to a narrower sense of nephropathy without inflammation or neoplasia, in which sense it is distinguished from nephritis, which involves inflammation. It is also defined as any purely degenerative disease of the renal tubules. Nephrosis is characterized by a set of signs called the nephrotic syndrome. Nephrosis can be a primary disorder or can be secondary to another disorder. Nephrotic complications of another disorder can coexist with
Juxtaoral organ of Chievitz a topographical point of view – as "Juxtaoral organ" by Zenker and Salzer 1962. The results of the studies of Zenker and his group on this organ as well as the history of research are summarised in the monograph "Juxtaoral Organ: Morphology and Clinical aspects", Urban&Schwarzenberg 1982. It can very rarely be the site of a tumor. It was first noted in embryos by Johan Henrik Chievitz in 1885. Juxtaoral organ of Chievitz The juxtaoral organ in humans is a small longish structure (10–14 mm in length, 1–2 mm in diameter), situated medially to the medial pterygoid muscle. The organ