23. Gross Structure of Kidney Flashcards
Identify 1 -> 3
- Cortex
- Medulla (pyramids)
- Renal papilla
Identify 4 -> 5
- Renal fat
- Medullary rays
Identify 6 -> 9
- Ureter
- Minor calices
- Renal pelvis
- Major calices
Identify 10
- Renal column
At the gross level, the interior of the human kidney is
divided into ___
an outer cortical layer and inner medullary layer.
At the gross level, the interior of the human kidney is divided into an outer cortical layer and inner medullary layer.
→ At its apex, each medullary pyramid has a (1)___ in which the collecting ducts of the nephron deliver urine to (2)___.
→ Several major calices coalesce to form the (3)___, which exits the kidney at its (4)___ and forms the (5)___.
→ The ureter conveys urine to the (6)___.
renal papilla
minor and major calices
renal pelvis
hilum
ureter
urinary bladder
At the gross level, the interior of the human kidney is divided into an outer cortical layer and inner medullary layer.
→ At its apex, each medullary pyramid has a renal papilla in which the ___ deliver urine to minor and major calices.
collecting ducts of the nephron
The 3 most common sites of obstruction of the flow of urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder
- the ureteropelvic junction at the (1)___ of the kidney, where the ureter crosses (2)___
- at the pelvic brim
- at the ureterovesical junction as the ureter passes through (3)___
- hilum
- the common iliac vessels
- the bladder’s detrusor smooth muscle wall.
__ coalesce to form the renal pelvis, which exits the kidney at its hilum and forms the ureter.
Several major calices
The ureter conveys urine to the __
urinary bladder.
What are the 3 most common sites of obstruction of the flow of urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder?
- the ureteropelvic junction at the hilum of the kidney, where the ureter crosses the common iliac vessels
- at the pelvic brim
- at the ureterovesical junction as the ureter passes through the bladder’s detrusor smooth muscle wall.