Urinary System Histology (Shaw) - W1 Flashcards
What forms the outer and inner layer of teh connective tissue capsules of the kidney?
- Outer layer = fibroblasts that make collagen
- Inner layer = myofibroblasts
What structures are found in the cortex of the kidney parenchyma?
- Renal corpuscles
-
medullary RAYS that consist of
- straight tubules &
- collecting ducts
What structures are found in the medulla of the kidney?
- pyramids - straight tubules and collecting ducts
- Vasa recta - capillaries
- Renal columns - part of the CORTEX that spills into the medulla
What connects at the renal sinus (4 things)?
- Renal pelvis
- calyces - both MAJOR and MINOR
- nerves and vessels
- connective tissue (fat)
What are the features of a lobe of the kidney?
- see GROSSLY
- includes the medullary pyramid and surrounding cortical tissue
- will have as many lobes as there are pyramids
- human kidney has 8-18 lobes
What are the features of a lobule?
- see MICROSCOPIC
- includes the straight tubules from MEDULLARY RAYS and surrounding cortical tissue (multiple nephrons)
Where do the collecting ducts drain into and what area is surround it?
- drain into the renal papilla
- calyx surrounds renal papilla
What are 4 structures seen in a uriniferous tubule?
- Nephron
- collecting tubule
- Juxtaglomerular apparatus
- blood vessels
Functional components of a nephron:
-
Renal corpuscle
- Bowman’s capsule
- Glomerulus
-
Tubular portion
- proximal convoluted tubule
- Loop of Henle
- Distal convoluted tubule
4 types of blood vessels that supply the kidney/nephron:
- Glomerular capillaries
- peritubular capillary networks
- Vasa recta
- larger supplying and draining vessels
What are the features of bowman’s capusle, part of the renal corpuscle of a nephron?
- 2 layers
- parietal - outside the space
- visceral- right along glomerulus
- 2 poles
- urinary
- vascular
- capsular space (Bowman’s space)
What are the features of the glomerulus, part of the renal corpuscle of a nephron?
- ENTIRELY arteriole vascular apparatus - afferent and efferent arterioles
- Fenestrated capillaries in the capsule
- Special cells
- podocytes - SLIT PORES in visceral layer of Bowman’s capusle - 1’ and 2’ processes
- Mesangial cells - many functions, similar to pericytes
What makes up the filtration apparatus of the glomerulus? - designed to limit filtration
- fenestrated capillary endothelium
-
basement membrane - has endothelial cells, podocytes
- rich in proteoglycans, glycoproteins
- Slit pores on podocytes- outer most barrier
What are the functions of the mesangial cells of the glomerulus?
- phagocytosis and endocytosis to CLEAN GBM and slits
- GBM TURNOVER
- Structural support - secrete matrix
- secrete IL-1, PGE2, PDGF - found in the matrix
- moderate glomerular distention by contracting
- can push blood through
Where are proximal tubules FOUND, what is their FUNCTION, and what are their DISTINGUISHING TRAITS?
- make up the bulk of CORTEX
-
Traits
- FUZZY BRUSH BORDER
- eosinophilic - cuboidal epithelium
- lateral membrane folding
- basal folds have mitochrondia
-
Function
- REABSORB water and NaCl (65%)
- glucose + amino acids
- protein absorption
What are the cells that make up the THIN SEGMENTS?
- SIMPLE SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM
- NO brush border
- surrounded by capillaries - VASA RECTA
What are the features of the DISTAL STRAIGHT tubules?
- simple cuboidal epithelium
- less eosinophilic
- LARGE lumen
- NO brush border
- more nuclei around circumferance
- BASAL MEMBRANE FOLDS & mito
What are the features of the distal convoluted tubules and what do they respond to?
- begin at VASCULAR POLE of renal corpuscle
- have ARCHED and STRAIGHT PORTIONS
- terminal portions open at area cribosa into minor calyces
- cuboidal to columnar epithelium
-
TWO CELL TYPES
- LIGHT STAINING - collecting duct cells
- DARK STAINING - intercalaled cells
-
respond to ADH to increase tubule peremability to water
- helps form CONCENTRATED URINE
What cells make up the juxtaglomerular apparatus, where are they found, and what are its FUNCTIONS?
- CELLS
- Juxtaglomerular cells - modified SMOOTH MUSCLE - respond to degree of stretch
- macula densa - monitors Na+ concentration in distal tubule
- extraglomerular mesangial cells
- FOUND
- inside the afferent arteriole next to distal tubule (touches macula densa)
- FUNCTION - maintain normal blood pressure
Explain the NERVE supply to the kidneys
-
Sympathetic division supplies EXTRINSIC –> CONTRACTS vascular smooth muscle
- afferent arteriole - contraction –> REDUCED filtration rate (and urine output)
- efferent arteriole - contraction –> INCREASED filtration (and urine output)
- NO sympathetic innervation = increased urine output
- not necessary for renal function
What are the 3 layers of the ureter? (similar in the urinary bladder)
-
MUCOSA
- Transitional epithelium - only found in the urinary system
- lamina propria - loose CT, blood vessels, nerves
- MUSCULARIS - inner longitudinal, outer circular smooth muscle
- ADVENTITIA - fibrous connective tissue
What are the components of the female urethra?
- shorter than males
-
Mucosa
- transitional epithelium near bladder - pseudostratified columnar after
- lamina propria
- Muscular wall (mostly smooth muscle)
What are the components of the male urethra?
- 3 sections of mucosa
- Prostatic: transitional epithlium
- MEmbranous: pseudostratified columnar
-
Cavernous/spongy/penile:
- stratified or pseudostratified columnar - becomes stratified squamous distally
What is shown by the white arrows?

- Medullary ray - collection of straight tubules in the kidneys cortex
- straight tubules include: proximal straight tubules, distal straight tubules, thin segments of the loops of Henle, and collecting tubules
- medullary rays form core of kidney lobule
What is shown in the image?

Proximal tubule
What is indicated by the arrow?

Thin Segment
What is shown by the arrow?

Distal tubule
What is shown by the arrow?

collecting tubule
What is shown in the image?

- macula densa
What is indicated by the arrows?

Vascular pole
What is indicated by the arrow?

Urinary pole
What is indicated by the arrows?

Glomerular capillaries
What is shown in the image

Ureter
- arrow = inner mucosa with transitional epithelium
- LP = lamina propria
- M = muscularis w/smooth muscle
- A= adventitia
What is shown in the image?

Bladder
What is indicated by the arrow?
transitional epithelium
What is indicated by the arrow?

Peritubular capillary network
What is shown at the tip of the arrow?

interlobular artery
What is the area cribosa?
- name given to tip of papilla
- has 10-25 small openings where tubules open into minor calyx