Urinary System Flashcards
Urinary system organs
paired vs unpaired
paired=kidneys and ureters
unpaired=bladder and urethra
Amount filtered per day?
how long for all circulating blood to pass through kidney?
150 quarts blood plasma/day
4-5 mins.
Urinary system helps regulate
- electrolyte and acid/base balance
- blood pressure & volume
- Endocrine function (renin)
- excretion of bioactive substances and metabolic wastes
Kidney capsule
Any other organ(s) with capsule(s)?
thin CT with 2 layers 1. inner myofibroblast (not real SM) 2. dense irregular CT Liver= glissen capsule= fibroconnective tissue pancreas= CT capsule gallbladder---NO CAPSULE!
2 Main divisions of kidney
- Outer cortex= 90% of blood
2. Inner medulla
- Functional unit of kidney? How many?
2. Cardiac output % that goes to kidney
- 2 million nephron/kidney
2. kidneyS (BOTH) about 20-25% of cardiac output
Uniferous tubule?
Nephron + collecting tubule
Kidney is
1. ___ lobed
- multi-lobed, each lobe has its own blood supply. If blocked, focal death.
Renal Hilum
concave part of kidney with renal pelvis= arteries, veins, lymph and nerves
Renal pelvis
cone-shaped extension of ureter that opens into major calyces (branch into minor calyces)
Major histological difference between cortex and medulla
cortex has glomeruli
Parts of renal cortex and artery that runs in the area
1.
2.
- Renal column- between renal pyramids of medulla, extension of cortical tissue. Interlobar artery runs here
- medullary rays= straight tubules from base of each pyramid into cortex. Interlobular arteries run between medullary rays
Renal corpuscle
- What is it made of
- what are the contents for (big picture)
- Glomerulus + bowman’s capsule (including urinary space)
- glomerulus= capillaries
Bowmans capsule surrounds the glomerulus and is a double layer.
Main component(s) of renal cortex=
renal corpuscle (glomerulus and bowman’s capsule) and convoluted tubules.
Parts of renal medulla
- pyramids (bulk, 10-18/kidney)
- medullary rays (from base into cortex)
- Renal papilla (apex of pyramid) with area cribrosa
Components of renal medulla
Thin limbs of henle and collecting tubules
Area cribrosa
part of papilla (apex of pyramid) that is perforated and projects into minor calyx
Kidney CT- where, what?
SPARSE, found in extravascular and intertubular spaces
Renal interstitium
mainly fibroblasts and mononuclear cells
Erythropoietin production
Fibroblasts near peritubular capillaries (interstitial tissue in cortex and medulla)
Endothelial cells of peritubular capillaries in cortex and medulla
Cells in medulla of kidney
- Pericytes lining blood vessels that supply loops of henle
- interstitial cells- found between loops of henle and collecting ducts and vasa recta
- -elongated nuclei
- -have lipid droplets
- -might make medullipin I->II (in liver) = vasodilator
renal lobule
- borders
- characteristics?
- part of CORTEX bound by interlobular artery on each side
2. all nephrons in this area drain into the same collecting duct.
Arterial circulation
Renal artery (at hilum)–>interlobar artery (between pyramids) –>arcuate a (between cortex and medulla) –>interlobular a (define renal lobule, enter cortical tissue and travel between medullary rays) –> afferent glomerular arteriorole –>efferent arteriole (exit glomerulus)
Pericytes
1. location
cells found in the medulla along the blood vessels that supply the loops of henle
Interstitial cells
- location
- characteristics
- function
- medulla cells that are found between the loops of henle, collecting ducts and vasa recta.
- elongated nuclei with lipid droplets
- MIGHT make medullupin I, which is coverted to medullupin II by the liver. Medullupin II=vasodilator
- What type of artery passes between medullary rays?
2. What artery passes in renal columns?
- Interlobular arteries
2. Interlobar arteries
- More detailed circulation explanation- start at afferent arteriole
- How is the kidney circulation different than typical circulation in body?
- Afferent arteriole (from interlobular a)–>capillary of glomerulus –>efferent arteriole –>capillary network –> venule
- In body: arteriole–>capillary–>venule
(extra part is the afferent–>glomerulus cap–>efferent)
Two types of nephron classification?
Cortical nephrons- renal corpuscle is located in outer part of cortex
Juxtamedullary nephrons- renal corpuscle is closer to cortico-medullary junction
What efferent arteriole is associated with each type of nephron?
- Cortical nephron= peritubular capillaries
2. Juxtamedullary nephron= vasa recta
Do juxtamedullary nephrons and cortical nephrons have the same blood supply?
NO NO NO
What creates the interstitial concentration gradient in the medulla?
Juxtamedullary nephrons with the LONG LOOPS OF HENLE.
Vasa recta
- Where do they come from?
- Path they take?
- any other characteristics?
- Supply?
- from efferent arterioles of juxtamedullary nephrons
- STRAIGHT into medulla and renal papilla–> Form capillaries and loop back (as veins, I think)
- increase in diameter close to corticomedullary boundary.
- Blood and nutrients to loop of henle (countercurrent exchange?)
Venous drainage of Kidney (by region)
- outer cortex =superficial cortical veins drain to STELLATE VEINS
- deep cortex=DEEP CORTICAL VEINS
- Between medullary rays= INTERLOBULAR V (stellate + deep cortical v)
- Cortico-med jct= ARCUATE
- between pyramids= INTERLOBAR (arcuate + interlobular)
Interlobular veins drain from ____ and into _____
Interlobular veins drain from deep cortical and stellate veins. InterloBULAR veins join arcuate veins –> interloBAR veins.
Blood movement through renal corpuscle
Blood enters via afferent arteriole and leaves via efferent. In the glomerulus, stuff moves out of the blood into the urinary space and out the renal corpuscle via the proximal convoluted tubule.
Bowman’s capsule
-description of layers
2 layers
- Visceral layer of podocytes chilling on the Glomerular arterioles
- Parietal layer that lines the outer wall
Urinary space?
AKA BOWMAN’S space=
Area between two layers of bowman’s capsule
Cells of bowman’s capsule
- Visceral layer= podocytes= modified simple squamous epithelial cells
- Parietal layer= simple squamous epithelium
Glomerular arteries are ____ with _____ charge epithelium (neutral/pos/neg)?
- FENESTRATED
2. negatively charged (due to pedicles from podocytes)
Basal lamina of renal glomerulus is? Produced by?
THICK and SHARED WITH PODOCYTES!
Production by podocytes and capillary endothelial cells.
Podocytes-
- type of cell?
- Location
- Characteristics
- modified epithelial cell
- Around glomerular capillaries in renal corpuscle
- primary process gives rise to 2ndary process=pedicle
Renal Corpuscle contents
glomerulus, bowman’s capsule (with two layers) AND mesangium