Renal Histology PPT Flashcards
Type 1 cortical interstitial cell
Resembles a fibroblast and has a stellate appearance with an irregularly shaped nucleus and well-developed rough and smooth ER
Appear to be involved in synthesis and secretion of erythropoietin
Erythropoietin
Excreted by interstitial cells
Type 2 cortical interstitial cell
Round with sparse cytoplasm and only a few cellular organelles seen
Type 1 medullary interstitial cells
Have prominent lipid-containing vesicles but do not express EPO mRNA - so main difference there and do not contain echo-5’-nucleotidase. Found in inner stripe of the outer medulla and are believed to synthesize prostaglandins in response to angiotensin
Type 2 medullary interstitial cell
Thought to have phagocytic properties and resembles a lymphocyte; present in outer medulla
Type 3 medullary interstitial cell
A pericyte that is located in the outer medulla and outer portion of the inner medulla; closely related to descending vasa recta
Lipid droplets
In type 1 medullary interstitial cell, consist mainly of triglycerides and cholesterol esters/phospholipids. Triglycerides are rich in unsaturated fatty acids including arachidonic acid
Prostate
Compound tubulo-alveolar gland
Lining of prostatic urethra
Transitional epithelium
Lining of membranous urethra
Pseudostratified to stratified columnar epithelium
Lining of penile urethra
Pseudostratified columnar epithelium except at distal end where it’s non-keratinized stratified squamous epithelium
Transitional epithelium
Water-impermeable lining that rests on the lamina propria of the urinary system
In upper 2/3 of ureter, lamina propria is encircled by two layers of smooth muscle with innermost layer oriented longitudinally and outmost being circular
Aquaporin 2
Water channel located in the IMCD3 that is expressed in response to ADH. It is present on the apical membrane
AQP3 and AQP4
Expressed on basolateral membrane for exit of water after its been reabsorbed via AQP2 on apical membrane
Where is urea transported in inner medullary collecting duct?
In segments IMCD2 and IMCD3
UT-A1
Urea transporter expressed exclusively in IMCD3 on the apical membrane
UT-A2
Urea transporter expressed in the loop of Henle
OMCD principal cells
They also contain ENaC’s and Na-K ATPase but there is no evidence that they secrete potassium
Afferent pain fibers
Renal parenchyma does not contain these fibers which are parasympathetic derived - just innervated by sympathetic
Columns of Bertin
Where the inter lobar arteries enter the renal parenchyma
Interlobular arteries
Come from the arcuate arteries that then work to ascend in radial pattern to the capsule
Afferent arteriole
Come off of the interlobular arteries and give way to tufts of capillaries within the glomerulus that become the efferent arteriole upon exit
Compound tubular gland
Histologically, the kidney is this type of gland
Metanephric blastema
Nephrons develop from this
Ureteric bud
Collecting tubules and ducts are NOT considered part of the nephron because they derive from this body of mesoderm
Glomerular basal lamina
Lies in between the podocytes and capillary epithelium and is made up of mesangial cells (derived from bone marrow)
Mesangial cells
Have phagocytic and contractile properties and thus their contractile properties are what take part in the sieving coefficient of glomerular filter to alter the capillary luminal caliber