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Supporting layers of the kidney - Answer Renal capsule, adipose capsule and renal fascia Renal capsule - Answer Innermost supporting layer of the kidneys, dense connective connective tissue that provides a physical barrier and protection against trauma along with keeping the shape of the k...

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Supporting layers of the kidney - Answer Renal capsule, adipose capsule and renal fascia



Renal capsule - Answer Innermost supporting layer of the kidneys, dense connective connective tissue
that provides a physical barrier and protection against trauma along with keeping the shape of the
kidneys



Adipose capsule - Answer Middle supporting layer of the kidneys made of adipose tissue to provide
physical protection and maintain the position of the kidneys



Renal fascia - Answer Outermost supporting layer of the kidneys which attaches it to surrounding
structures



Renal cortex - Answer Outer segment of the kidneys containing the glomeruli



Medullary pyramid - Answer Inner segment of the kidney split up into pyramids by the Renal column



Renal column - Answer Projection of renal cortex between the medullary pyramids



Renal papillar - Answer Innermost section of the renal pyramid facing towards the hilum



Renal hilum - Answer Area on the medial curvature of the kidneys where blood vessels and the ureter
enter and exit



Lobe - Answer Segmentation of the kidney of which there are typically between 8 and 12. Made up of
medullary pyramid, overlying cortex and 1/2 of the surrounding renal columns



Interlobar - Answer Space between lobes

, Lobules - Answer Segmentation of lobes into smaller functional units



Urinary drainage - Answer Nephron, collecting duct, papillary duct, major and minor calyces, pelvis,
ureter and urinary bladder



Nephron - Answer Functional unit of the kidney through which nutrients are filtered



Blood supply of kidneys - Answer Renal artery, interlobar artery, arcuate artery, interlobular artery,
afferent arteriole, glomerulus, efferent arterioles, descending vasa recta/peritubular capillaries of the
cortex, peritubular capillaries of the medulla, ascending vasa recta, Interlobular vein



Juxtamedullary pathway - Answer Glomerular capsule(renal corpuscle), proximal convoluted tube,
thick descending loop of henle, thin descending LOH, thin ascending LOH, thick ascending LOH, distal
convoluted tubule, collecting duct, papillary duct, minor calyx



Renal corpuscle - Answer Made up of glomerulus and glomerular (bowman's) capsule.



Glomerulus - Answer Part of renal corpuscle made of a specialised knot of capillaries receiving input
from afferent arterioles and outputs via efferent artelioles



Glomerular capsule - Answer Part of renal corpuscle at the very beginning of the urinary tract made up
of a capsular space enclosed by simple squamous epithelium on the parietal walls and podocytes on the
visceral wall



Filtration membrane - Answer Membrane between the glomerulus and glomerular capsule made up of
fenestrations from the glomerular endothelial cells, basal laminar of the glomerulus contributed by the
BM of the endothelium and podocytes and the slit membrane contribute by the projections of the
podocytes



What can get through the filtration membrane - Answer Small proteins



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