Histology Urinary System Flashcards
What 4 things does the urinary system consist of?
Paired kidneys, paired ureters, bladder, urethra
What are the 3 “big picture” functions of the urinary system?
1) filtration of cellular wastes from blood, 2) selective reabsorption of water and solutes, 3) excretion of wastes and excess water as urine
How many renal pyramids are there?
6-18
What structures are located between renal pyramids?
renal columns
A _____ _____ consists of a renal pyramid and its overlying renal cortex and one half of each adjacent renal columns
renal lobe
What is the fundamental structural and functional unit of the kidney?
nephron
Approx how many nephrons are in each human kidney?
1 million
What are the two components of a nephron?
renal corpuscle and renal tubule
Where does glomerular filtration occur?
renal corpuscle
Where in the kidney does tubular reabsorption and tubular secretion occur?
renal tubule
The nephron plus its collecting tubule form what?
urniferous tubule
For urine to be produced, nephrons must perform three processes. What are they?
1) glomerular filtration, 2) tubular reabsorption, 3) tubular secretion
The renal corpuscle is located in the _____ _____
renal cortex
The two components of the renal corpuscle are what?
1) glomerulus and 2) glomerular capsule (Bowman’s capsule)
The glomerular capillaries are supplied by what and drained by what?
supplied by an afferent arteriole and drained by an efferent arteriole