Editing Crescent (section)

==Other things called "crescent"==
{{Main|Crescent (disambiguation)}}
[[Image:Map of fertile crescent.svg|thumb|The [[Fertile Crescent]]]]
The term ''crescent'' may also refer to objects with a shape reminiscent of the crescent shape, such as [[Crescent (architecture)|houses forming an arc]], [[Crescent (solitaire)|a type of solitaire game]], [[Crescent Nebula]], [[glomerular crescent]] (crescent shaped scar of the [[Glomerulus (kidney)|glomeruli]] of the kidney),<ref name="urliROCKET Learning Module: Glomerular Pathology, Case I">. It is a sign of [[rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis]] (also called ''crescentic glomerulonephritis'').
{{cite web |url=http://missinglink.ucsf.edu/lm/IDS_102_cases_glomerular/Nephritic_syndrome.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121212140125/http://missinglink.ucsf.edu/lm/IDS_102_cases_glomerular/Nephritic_syndrome.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 12, 2012 |title=iROCKET Learning Module: Glomerular Pathology, Case I }}</ref><ref name="urlRenal Pathology">{{cite web |url=http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/RENAHTML/RENAL092.html |title=Renal Pathology }}</ref> the [[Fertile Crescent]] (the fertile area of land between [[Mesopotamia]] and [[Egypt]] roughly forming a crescent shape), and the ''[[croissant]]'' (the French form of the word) for the crescent-shaped pastry.