Talk:Renal System Histology
From Embryology
Practical Overview
- Kidneys, ureters, urinar bladder, urethra
Kidneys
- elimination of foreign substances
- regulation of the amount of water in the body
- control of the concentration of most compounds in the extracellular fluid
filtration - glomeruli of the kidney
selective - resorption and excretion - tubular system of the kidney
Blood Supply
- renal artery
- interlobar arteries (across medulla thru renal columns)
- arcuate arteries (cortico-medullary junction
- interlobular arteries
- afferent glomerular arterioles
- glomerular capillary network
- efferent glomerular arterioles
Juxtaglomerular cells
- smooth muscle cells afferent glomerular arteriole
- epithelial-like cells
