You bladder know your renal anatomy
The kidney is separated into two sections.
What is the cortex and the medulla?
The arteriole where blood exits the Bowman's Capsule of a nephron
What is the efferent arteriole?
The slow loss of kidney function over time
What is CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease)?
The loop of Henle descends into this portion of the kidney.
What is the medulla?
The urinary bladder is lined with this epithelium.
What is transitional epithelium?
These carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder.
What are the ureters?
The collecting ducts drain into this for excretion of waste out of the body.
What is the renal pelvis?
An infection in any part of the urinary system is called this
What is a UTI (urinary tract infection)?
Glucose, amino acids, and protein are reabsorbed in this portion of the tubules.
What is the proximal convoluted tubule?
The slide shows this important renal structure.
These tiny tubes make up the bulk of the kidney.
What are nephrons?
The name of the fenestrated capillaries that are supplied by afferent arterioles that functions to filter the blood.
What is the glomerulus?
This is the term for a type of UTI specific to the kidney itself.
What is pyelonephritis?
Water cannot pass through this portion of the tubule network.
What is the ascending loop of Henle?
Juxtaglomerular cells and macula densa cells are located at this pole of the glomerulus.
What is the vascular pole?
The flow of urine from the collecting ducts to the ureter.
What are collecting ducts, to the ducts of bellini, through the renal papilla, to the minor calyces, to the major calyces, to the renal pelvis, to the ureter to the window, to the wall?
Constriction of the efferent arterioles would have this effect on glomerular filtration.
What is increased glomerular filtration?
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Your patient presents with severe left flank pain. CT results are attached.
This is your diagnosis.
What is a kidney stone?
The countercurrent multiplier system functions primarily with the loop of Henle of this particular nephron.
What are the juxtamedullary nephrons?
The visceral layer of Bowman's capsule is composed of these modified epithelial cells
What are podocytes?
The flow of blood into AND out of the kidney that travels through a cortical nephron.
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through a juxtamedullary nephron.
What is renal artery, to the segmental arteries, to lobar arteries, to the interlobar arteries, to the arcuate arteries, to the interlobular arteries, to the afferent glomerular arterioles, to the glomerulus, to the efferent glomerular arterioles, to the peritubular capillaries, to the interlobular veins, to the arcuate veins, to the interlobar veins, to the segmental veins, to the renal vein?
Juxtamedullary (vasa recta)
These are the 3 primary functions of the renal system.
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Give an example of each
What are excretory, regulatory, and endocrine?
This is the standard marker for assessing glomerular filtration and renal function in a clinical setting.
What is creatinine?
Aldosterone acts primarily on the cells of this portion of the tubules.
What is the distal convoluted tubules?
The cells within the box are known as this.