Urinary Flashcards
Hormone produced by the kidney
Erythropoietin
Renin
Parenchyma is divided into 2
Renal cortex and
Renal medulla
Part of the cortex sometimes thought to be part if medulla
Medullary rays
Receives the urine formed from each of the pyramid
Minor calyx
Fxnal unit that consists of a collecting duct and allthe nephrons that it drains
Renal lobule
A single pyramid with its associated overlying cortex
Renal lobe
Found in the periphery mostly, sometimes center
Podocytes
Mesangial cells
Found in between the capillary lumens
Where the blood vessels come in and come out
Vascular pole
Where the filtrate or urine come out
Urinary pole
Only things not filtered out
Cells because of the filtration barrier
Albumin
Fxn of the macula densa
Detect the sodium concentration pass through the distal tubule
Structures rekated to the macula densa
Juxtaglomerular cells
Lazy cells