2017 Histology - Kidney and Renal Flashcards

1
Q

Understand kidney structure including:

Medulla, Cortex

Pelvis, Calyces, Pyramids

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2
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Which is most external: cortex or medulla?

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Cortex is external

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3
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Which kidney component makes up most of the cortex?

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Renal corpuscles

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4
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What kidney component(s) comprise the medulla?

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Renal Pyramids

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5
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What comprises the Outer Stripe of the Outer Medulla?

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Thick tubules and collecting ducts

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6
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What comprises the Inner Stripe of the Outer Medulla?

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Thin limbs of the loop of Henle

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7
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What comprises the Inner Medulla?

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Mostly thin tubules and collecting ducts

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8
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Components of the nephron from proximal to distal:

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Renal Corpuscle: Glomularis and Bowman’s Capsule

Proximal convoluted tubule

straight tubules (loop of Henle)

  • thick descending
  • thin descending and ascending
  • thick ascending

Distal convoluted

Collecting Duct

Papillary Duct

Minor Calyx

Major Calyx

Renal Pelvis

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9
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What is the branching pattern of renal arteries and where are they (approx.) in kidney?

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Renal Arteries

Segmental Arteries (5)

Lobar arteries - one for each lobe

Interlobar arteries - travel between renal pyramids to corticomedullary junction

Arcuate Arteries - run along corticomedullary junction

Interlobular arteries - run peripendicular to arcuate arties in cortex

Afferent aterioles - enter Bowman’s capsule

Glomerulus - loops of capillaries

Efferent Arteriole - drain glomerulus

Vasa recta - long capillaries

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10
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Understand renal vascularture branching

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11
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What is the venous drainage of the kidney?

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Vasa recta -> Arcuate Veins -> Interlobar Veins -> Renal Vein

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12
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What are the 3 layers of the Adrenal Gland Cortex?

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Zona glomerulosa

Zona fasciculata

Zona reticularis

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13
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What factors act on each of the Adrenal Gland Zones and what does it cause that zone to produce?

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14
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Adrenal Gland zones, structure and products.

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15
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What is the embryological origin of the Cortical Cells and/or the Medullary Cells?

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Cotrical = mesenchyme, mesodermal origin

Medullary = neural crest cells, ectodermal origin

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16
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What cells make up the Medulla of the Adrenal Cortex? What type of capillaries exist there?

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Chromaffin Cells = producing epi and norepi

Fenestrated capillaries

arranged in clumps/cords

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