2.2 - urinary histology (lecture)

Question 1

describe what is in the renal corpuscle?

Answer 1

glomerulus + bowman’s capsule
vascular pole: afferent (enter) & efferent arterioles (leave)
urinary pole = bowman’s capsule
bowman’s space in between

Question 2

what enters and leaves the renal corpuscle?

Answer 2

blood enter afferent (enter) & leave efferent arterioles (leave)
urine enter afferent pole to be filtered in glomerulus then Bowman’s capsule into PCT (leave via urinary pole) to Loop of Henle then DCT then collecting duct

Question 3

what is the function of the renal corpuscle?

Answer 3

to produce ultrafiltrate of plasma (nephron)

Question 4

what type of epithelium line parietal layer of Bowman’s capsule?

Answer 4

simple squamous

Question 5

what is the filtration barrier?

Answer 5

capillary endothelium (outer) + visceral layer of Bowman’s capsule (inner)