Structure (kidney) Flashcards
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Transparent Fibrous Capsule
Three Protective Layers
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- encloses each kidney and gives it a glistening appearance
- deepmost layer
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Perirenal Fat Capsule
Three Protective Layers
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- a fatty mass
- surrounds each kidney and cushions it against blows
- middle layer
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Renal Fascia
Three Protective Layers
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- the most superficial layer
- made of dense fibrous connective tissue
- Anchors the kidney and adrenal gland to surrounding structures
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Ptosis
Homeostatic Imbalance
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- (to’sis; “a fall”)
- creates problems if the ureters become kinked (sharp loop)
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Hydronephrosis
Homeostatic Imbalance
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- Swelling of the kidney when urine builds up
- May happen becaus of ptosis
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Three Regions of the Kidney
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- Renal Cortex
- Renal Medulla
- Renal Pelvis
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Renal Cortex
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- Outer Region
- Light in Color
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Renal Medulla
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- Deep to the cortex (middle among the three regions)
- Darker Reddish Brown
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Renal Pelvis
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- Lateral to the hilum
- Flat funnel-shaped tube
- Continuous with the ureter leaving the hilum
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- Triangular regions with a striped appearance
- Found in the Renal Medulla
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Renal Pyramids or Mudullary Pyramids
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extensions of cortexlike tissue that separates the renal pyramids
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Renal Column
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Calyces
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- extensions of the pelvis that forms cup-shaped “drains”
- encloses the tips of the pyramids (minor)
- colletct urine which continuousky drains from the tips of the pyramids into the renal pelvis
