case 6 Flashcards
first step of urine production
water + solutes from plasma –> hollow tubules: nephrons.
these modify the composition of fluid. this leaves the kidney and passes into ureter.
ureter
there are 2:
leading from each kidney to urinary bladder, expels urine through urethra
location kidney
eleventh and twelfth ribs, above the waist.
below diaphragm, outside abdominal cavity , sandwiched between peritoneum.
renal arteries
branch of abdominal aorta
renal veins
carry blood from kidneys to vena cava inferior
cardiac output kidneys
receive 20-25% of cardiac output.
layers kidney
- outer: cortex
- inner: medulla
hilum
gap where vessels, nerves + ureter pass
blood flow
- aorta
- renal artery
- segmental
- interlobar
- arcuate
- cortical radiate
- afferent arteriole
- glomerules
- efferent arterioles
- peritubular capillaries/vasa recta
- cortical radiate vein
- arcuate
- interlobar
- renal
- inferior vena cava
vasa recta
long peritubular capillaries that dip into medulla.
renal fascia
layer of connective tissue encapsulating kidneys, separates renal capsule from pararenal fat.
deeper layers below renal fascia
renal capsule and parenchyma of renal cortex
nephron
ball structure: Bowman’s capsule –> surrounds glomerulus.
endothelium of Bowman is fused with glomerulus.
renal corpuscle
glomerulus + Bowman’s caspule
only found in cortex, tubules extend in medulla.
pathway urine
Bowman’s capsule –> proximal tubule –> loop of Henle –> distal tubules –> collecting duct –> renal pelvis –> ureter
Loop of Henle
two limbs:
descending limb –> impermeable to salts
ascending limb –> impermeable to water. has thin and thick segments
distal tubule
of up to 8 nephrons drain into a sigle larger tube: collecting duct
distal nephron
distal tubule + collecting duct
urine
from the renal pelvis, the filtered a modified fluid flow into ureter.
juxtaglomerular apparatus
nephron twists and folds back on itself so that the final part of the loop of Henle passes between afferent and efferent, allow paracrine communication.
juxtaglomerular apparatus cells
- macula densa (sensitive to NaCl)
- granular cells (renin)
- extraglomerular mesangial cells
2 types of nephrons
cortical and juxtaglomerular
cortical nephrons
located in cortex, 85% of neprhons. normally only these are used. no/short Henle’s loop
jaxtamedullary nephrons
deep in cortex, have long loops of henle.
very concentrated urine, usus this when body needs to save water. long loop of Henle
bladder
urothelium –> transitional epithelium.
transitional epithelium
lines much of urinary tract
renal pelvis, ureters, bladder, parts of urethra
urothelial/urothelium
transitional epithelium, high elasticity.
consists of 3-5 cell layers, accompanied by a thick layer of glycoprotein plaques.
sphincter
circular muscle that maintain constriction of a passage/hole. relaxes by normal conditions.
urethral spincters
two muscles used to control exit of urine in bladder
2 types:
- external urethral sphincter –> sekeltal, voluntary
- internal urethral spincter –> smooth, involuntary