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two relatively long branches of the renal pelvis
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Major Calyces
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Renal Columns have tissue like that of the
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cortex
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a lobe in the medulla consists of
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renal pyramid + half of its neighboring renal columns
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the functional unit of the kidney is the
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uriniferous tubule
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Uriniferous Tubule consists of
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Nephron and Collecting duct
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Renal Corpuscle is responsible for filration of
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blood plasma
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The area of the corpusle from which both the afferent and efferent arterioles arise
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Vascular Pole
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perietal layer of Bowman's capsule is what type of epithelium?
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simple squamous
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Initial filtration of blood occurs in the 1. _____, with the resulting filtrate ending up in 2.______
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1. glomerulus
2. Bowman's Space |
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What are the 3 major structural componments of the glomerular filter
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1. Fenestrated Capillary Endothelium
2. Basement membrane 3. Podocyte filtration slits |
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what makes the basement membrane negatively charged
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Heparin sulfate proteoglycan
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what is considered the primary filter?
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basement membrane
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filtrate =
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blood plasma minus large molecules
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the filtrate is collected in the
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Bowman's space
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Mesangial Cells have what two functions?
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1. Syn. Mesangium (supportive connective tissue of glomerulus)
2. Cleaning (phagocytic) |
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resulting tubule projecting from the corpuscle lined by cuboidal epithelium is called the
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Proximal Convoluted Tubule (PCT)
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Urinary Pole
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area where the PCT arises from Bowman's capsule
(goes from simple squamous to simple cuboidal) |
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PCT reabsorbs
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All Glucose
Water NaCl small peptides Bicarb (HCO3-) |
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PCT secretes
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ammonium ions (NH4+)
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Na/K ATPase activity is located on the ________ of the PCT
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basolateral membranes
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Na-glucose transporter is located in the _______ of the PCT
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brush border membrane
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