Upper Urinary Tract

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Cards In This Set

Front Back
Upper urinary tract
• Nephron • Tubuli colligentes
Lower urinary tract
Answer 2
• Calices renales (Renal calices) • Pelvis renalis (Renal pelvis) • Ureter • Vesica urinaria (Urinary bladder ) • Urethra feminina / masculina
Kidney
• Description: margo, hilum, sinus, facies, extremitas /polus/ • capsula fibrosa, lobi renales • Cortex: labyrinthus, columnae renales Bertini, radii medullares • Medulla: pyramides renales → papillae renales (area cribrosa + foramina papillaria) – zona interna + externa
Nephron
• Corpusculum renale Malphigi – glomerulus (vessel skein) – capsula glomeruli Bowmani • Proximal tubule • Intermediate tubule • Distal tubule • Juxtaglomerular apparatus
Corposculum renale
• Glomerulus – vas afferens ® vas efferens (= arterioles) – fenestrated capillars without diaphragm • Capsula glomeruli (Bowman´s capsule) – parietal lamina (flat monolayer epithelium) – visceral lamina (podocytes with pedicles) • Filtration barrier – basal membrane - colagen IV. typ and heparan sulfate – negative charge • Mesangial cells – cleaning function of filter