GA 1 Renal Anatomy and Histology Flashcards
Organs of the urinary system?
kidneys do what?
what makes up the urinary tract?
Kidney location anterior
which side is lower?
general location?
Renal hilum?
general size?
Kidney location posterior
left hilum is near?
what does this run through?
lie deep to?
location of right kidney?
Renal Fat
3 regions?
where are they?
Capsule?
Renal lobes?
renal and ureter arteries
Renal?
Ureter?
Renal blood supply flow chart
starting with aorta
Renal nerve plexus
Sympathetic innervation?
parasympathetic?
what do they run with?
urine carrying unit is made of?
what does each comprise of?
what is the shading?
what is the red ball?
Cortex contains what?
medulla consists of what?
cortical (medullary) rays?
renal interstitium contain what?
what do those produce?
Renal corpuscle
is made of what?
what are either made of?
(general structure and layers)
what are the poles of the renal corpuscles?
Glomerular endothelium
open/closed?
thick what?
large numbers of?
can generate?
Podocytes?
forms part of?
how many layers of cells?
projections?
slits?
filtration membrane
between what?
Filtration slits?
basement membrane?
does what?
filtration rate?
glomerular basement membrane
made up of what?
types of barriers?
restricts what?
What would albumin in blood tell you?
mesangial cells
what do they do?
control what?
prevents?
secretes?
Proximal convoluted tubule
found where?
active?
epithelium?
abundant?
how to increase surface area?
proximal straight tubule?
Loop of henle
location?
epithelium?
sets up what?
distal convoluted tubule
located where?
epithelium?
begins where?
what influences resorption?
collecting ducts
receive what?
epithelium
function?
location?
what is a papillary duct?
Collecting tubules/ducts
does what?
distinguishing characteristic for histo?
cell types?
what targets these cells?
