Hist for Path: 1 Flashcards
What is located on top of the kidneys?
The two adrenal glands
Where are our adrenal glands located?
On top of the kidneys
Where are kidneys located?
- Retroperitoneum
- L12 - T3
What is calcitriol?
Active form of vitamin D produced in kidney
Where is active form of vitamin D produced?
“calcitriol”
In the kidney
Hormones secreted by kidney?
EPO
Renin
3 developmental stages of kidney?
- Pronephros - immature
- Mesonephros
- Metanephros - adult kidey
What is pronephros?
Most immature form of kidney
What is metanephros?
Adult form of kidney
Layers of kidney from out to in?
- Capsule
- Cortex
- Medulla
- Hilum
What is at tip of medulla?
Papilla that opens into calyx to reach pelvis then become ureter
Progress of renal artery?
- Renal artery
- Anterior and posterior renal
- Interlobar arteries: run on side of medullary pyramid
- Arcuate arteries: come off interlobar arteries
- InterLOBULAR arteries
- Afferent arterioles: Feeds glomerulus
- Efferent arterioles
What does the afferent arteriole come off of in kidney?
Interlobular arteries
Difference between efferent arterioles in cortex and medulla?
Cortex: form peritubular plexus
Medulla: head to deep medulla form vasa recta to supply loop of henle
What is special about juxta medullary glomeruli?
- Efferent arterioles leading from here form vasa recta
