Pics for Terminology of the Glomerulus

Question 1

What term descibes the patten of change in the glomeruli?

• What is the opposite effect called?

Answer 1

Diffuse disease involvment

Opposite of diffuse is focal shown below

Question 2

How would you descibe the manner in which the disease has affected this glomeruli?

• what is the opposite of this?

Answer 2

segemental disease only involves parts of the glomerulus

global is shown below, it involves the entire glomerulus

Question 3

What is wrong with this glomerulus?

Answer 3

proliferative damage can be seen here were there is increased numbers of cells and inflammation

Question 4

what is shown here?

Answer 4

Glomerulus with membranous disease causing a thickened glomerular basement membrane

Question 5

What disease process is seen here?

Answer 5

Membranoproliferative - combination of BOTH increased cell number, inflammation, and thickening of basement membrane

Question 6

What is seen here?

• cells responsible?

Answer 6

crescentic glomerulonephritis - involves Bowman’s space

proliferating partietal epithelial cells and inflitrating macrophages cause this

Question 7

What is shown here?

Answer 7

Necrotizing glomerulonephritis

Question 8

What is shown here?

Answer 8

necrotizing AND organizing glomerulonephritis

Question 9

What is shown here?

Answer 9

Glomerulosclerosis with fibrous scar replacing glomerulus

Question 10

What is shown here?

Answer 10

segemental glomerulosclerosis scar has only replaced part of the tissue