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Renal Embryology Flashcards

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What is DHEA and what is its importance?

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secreted by fetal cortex –> converted by placenta to estradiol = essential for normal pregnancy

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When do the metanephros arise?

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during 5th week

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When does the suprarenal gland develop in utero? how?

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5th week: coelomic epithelium delaminates and enters surrounding mesoderm –> cortical cells –> NC cells migrate to medulla –> chromaffin cells

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What are the major regions of the ventral cloaca?

What separates them?

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urogenital sinus and anorectal canal are separated by urorectal septum

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5
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How do the major and minor calices form?

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cranial part of ureteric bud branches –> collecting tubules first generations (4) of tubules –> major calices 2nd generations –> minor calices

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6
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How does the nephron form?

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arched collecting tubules –> induce surrounding blastema to form metanephric vesicles –> elongate to form metanephric tubules –> proximal end = glomerular capsule; distal end differentiates into other tubules

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What is a urachal fistula?

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entire urachus remains patent and allows urine to leak out of umbilical hole

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What are accessory renal vessels?

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multiple renal arteries

~25% of adults

2x common as accessory veins

can obstruct the ureter –> hydronephrosis

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What are the 3 sets of early nephric structures?

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pronephros = first, rudimentary mesonephros = middle metanephros = permanent kidneys

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What structures for from the ureteric bud? (4)

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ureture

renal pelvis

major and minor calyces

collecting ducts

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When do the mesonephros appear? When do they degenerate?

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appear late 4th week function as interim kidneys from week 6-10 degenerate by week 12

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How does the blood supply to the kidneys change in utero?

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as kidneys ascend, renal arteries form, degenerate, and reform

first branch from common iliacs; definitive renal arteries are from abdominal aorta

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What makes up the trigone?

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residual mesonephric duct as it moves inferiorly and the ureteric duct

on posterior wall of bladder

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What are the 2 types of kidney duplication?

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caused by abnormal division of ureteric bud

incomplete division = divided kidney and bifed ureter

complete division = double didney and bifed ureter or separate ureters

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What is a urachal sinus?

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end of urachus remains open into pladder or umbilicus

body fluid can leak out of umbilicus

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16
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What is exstrophy of the bladder?

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1:10-40000

abnormality of body folding in 4th week –> defective closure of ventral abdominal wall = mucosa of posterior bladder wall is exposed to outside

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What is horseshoe kidney?

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1:1000

fusion of inferior poles of kidney

asymptomatic

ascent prevented by Inferior mesenteric artery

18
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What is a urachal cysts?

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remnant of epithelial lining of urachus than can enlarge and get infected

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What are the 3 parts of the urogenital sinus?

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  1. vesical part: most superior, forms most of bladder
  2. pelvic part: forms neck of bladder; prostatic urethra and female urethra
  3. phallic part: most inferior; forms spongy urethra (m) and lining of vaginal vestibule (f)
20
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What are the 3 zones of the cortex of the suprarenal gland?

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zona glomerulosa: produces mineralcorticoids

zona fasciculata: glucocorticoids

zona reticularis: sex hormones

21
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What type of germ tissue does the urinary system develop from?

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intermediate mesoderm

22
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When is the mesonephric duct incorporated into the wall of the bladder?

What happens when they are connected?

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4-6 weeks

openings are carried inferiorly to the pelvic urethra —> forms the trigone w/ ureteric ducts

23
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What is multicystic dysplastic kidney disease?

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abnormal dev of renal system

cysts are likely dilations of loop of henle

one kidney affected (75%)

24
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How do the permanent kidneys move in utero?

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kidneys gradually ascend into the abdomen as pelvis elongates

hilum medially rotates 90 degrees

in adult position by 9th week

25
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What is bilateral renal agenesis?

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both kidneys dont form

due to oligohydramnios

20% of ppl with this have potter syndrome = visible facial deformities, etc assoc w oligohydramnios

26
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What structures are induced from intermediate mesoderm in development of the urinary system?

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urogenital ridge = raised area of intermediate mesoderm –> nephrogenic cord –> pronephros, mesonephros, metanephros

27
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What germ layers do the parts of the bladder wall form from?

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epithelium = endoderm (urogenital sinus)

submucosa and muscularis = splanchnic mesoderm

trigone = intermediate mesoerm (mesonephric ducts)

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What happens to the suprarenal glands postnatally?

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cortex regresses 2nd month PN –> difinitive cortical cells reorganize

29
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What structure immediately precedes the ureter?

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stalk of ureteric bud

30
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What is unilateral renal agenesis?

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missing a kidney bc ureteric bud doesn’t form or deteriorates too soon - no communication btw bud and blastema

typically asymptomatic

suspected in infants w/ 1 umbilical arter

1:1000, more frequent in males

31
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What is epispadias?

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urethral opening is on dorsum of penis rather than on ventral side

1:30000

32
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What do the mesonephric tubules develop into?

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renal corpuscles = glomerulus and bowman’s capsule

33
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Where are the pronephros and what is their general structure and function?

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bilaterally located in cervical region pronephric ducts run caudally and open into the cloaca *initiate the cascade leading to formation of definitive kidneys

34
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What is hydronephrosis and what can it be caused by?

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back up of fluid in kidneys

can be caused by an accessory renal artery that obstructs the ureter

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When do the pronephros appear? when do they degenerate?

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appear early 4th week degenerate by 24-25 days

36
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What characterizes the medulla of the suprarenal gland?

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in the middle

consists of chromaffin cells = postganglionic sympathetic neurons

secrete norepinephrine and epi

37
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How does the metanephros arise?

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caudal end of the mesonephric duct induces ureteric bud –> elongates and penetrates the metanephrogenic blastema

38
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Where are the mesonephros and what is their general structure?

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extend from thoracic to lumbar mesonephric ducts form first and extend down to cloaca –> induce tubules from surrounding intermediate mesoderm

39
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What structures (4) form from the metanephric blastema?

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(excretory portion)

bowman’s capsule

PCT

loop of Henle

DCT

40
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What is the allantois and what happens to it during development?

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endoderm continuous w/ bladder that originally goes out umbilical cord –> constricts and forms the urachus –> median umbilical ligament after birth

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