Kidney Anatomy and Enlargement

Flashcards on the anatomy and enlargement of the kidney.

Renal Cortex

the surface around the kidney

Renal Medulla

Center of kidney; closer to renal pyramids

Renal pyramids

Inside the kidney it looks like a pyramid

Renal columns

Spaces between the renal pyramids

Renal papilla

where urine exits into calyx;underneath the renal pyramid

Minor calyx

sits underneath the Renal papilla; has 6 branches

major calyx

formed by merging minor calyx into a big branch; has 3 big branches

Renal pelvis

blank space in the middle of kidney

Hilium

Start of renal artery and vein

ureter

2 thin lines on both sides

proximal convoluted tubule

Aka PCT on nephron model

Nephron loop

has a descending and ascending limb

Glomerulus

a small squiggly ball on model

corpuscle is a simple squamous tissue

also this is a corpuscle blown up and is shown on the kidney model

Distal convoluted tubule shown blown in corpuscle

Shown on nephron model

Podocytes

squiggly lines inside the corpuscle

Afferent Arteries

branches off to the corpuscle; shown bigger

Efferent arteries

shown in the blown up corpuscle

Macula Densa

appears on the afferent artery

Renal Capsule surrounds the kidney

also shown on edge of 2nd model

Interlobular artery

it shapes the renal pyramid; the veins on the renal pyramid

collecting duct

inside the renal pyramid

juxtamedullary vs cortex

names comes from the word

bladder

shown on this model

trigone

its shown blue inside bladder

mucosa lining

lining of the rugae

Detrusor muscle

surrounds mucosa lining