anatomy & histology Flashcards
left kidney at level of_____
rib 11 & 12
right kidney at level of_____
rib 12 and psoas major
what cell type: contractile cells, control glomerulus, phagocytic
mesangial cells
visceral layer of bowmans capsule
podocytes
what is located on either side of the lamina densa in the basement membrane
lamina rara
lamina dense is what type of collagen
type IV
basement membrane restricts movement of molec >_____
70 kda
lamina rara traps____molec, esp____
cationic; heparan sulfate
does the PCT or the DCT have cuboidal epithelium WITH brush border
PCT
collecting tubules & ducts are what sort of epithelium
simple cuboidal epithelium
what makes up the transitional epithelium (3)
- minor calyx
- major calyx
- renal pelvis
constriction points of ureters (3
- jxn of renal pelvis to ureter
- crosses pelvic brim
- jxn of ureter with urinary bladder
detrusor muscle activated by?
parasympathetic innervation
intramural urethra surround by____
internal urethral sphincter
narrowest part of male urethra
membranous