3rd Year Flashcards
What are the layers/ supportive tissues around the kidney?
Renal Fascia
Perirenal Fat Capsul
Fibrous Capsul
What (Structure) prevents the spread of infection to the kidney?
Fibrous Capsul
How can a kidney’s anatomy be examined?
X-ray
ltrasound
Intravenous Pyelogram
Arthrogram
Lymph from the kidney drains into the ??
lateral aortic (or para-aortic) lymph nodes
The kidneys are drained of venous blood by the ??
Left and right renal veins.
The Renal arteries.. Leave?.. and empty into what?
Leave the renal hilum
Empty directly into the inferior vena cava.
Renal nerve arise from ????
Superior mesenteric ganglion and enter the hilum
Sensory input from the kidney travels to the …….. levels of spinal cord
T10 -11
What is the tip of the pyramid that releases urine into the minor Calyx
Papilla
What is the responsibility of the renal papillae?
areas where the openings of the collecting ducts enter the kidney and where urine flows into the ureters
Trace the blood flow through renal blood vessels?
Aorta
Renal Artery
Segmental Artery
Interlobar Artery
Arcuate Artery
Cortical Radiate Artery
Afferent Arterioles
Glomerulus
What are the 2 parts of the renal corpuscle
Glomerulus
Bowmans Capsule (Glomerular Capsule)
Glomerular (visceral) layer of Bowman’s capsule is comprised of?
Podocytes.
What is the Proximal convoluted tubule? (PCT)
A part of the renal tubule responsible for the reabsorption and secretion of various solutes and water.
The PCT is located ?? and why is it important?
In the renal cortex
The first segment of the renal tubule, where it receives the filtrate from the renal corpuscle.
