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12 Cards in this Set
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Two major parts of the kidney
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Cortex and Medulla
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Located in the ______, the renal corpuscle is made up of _________and a ball of capillaries called the _______.
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Cortex;
Bowman’s capsule ; glomerulus |
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Podocytes (filter cells) are directly attached to the _______membrane of the ________cells of the ________.
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basement membrane;
endothelial cells; Glomerulus. |
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What three things make up the filtration membrane?
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The pedicels of podocytes, the capillary endothelium and the basement membrane
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_____cells make of the visceral layer of bowmans capsule
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Podocytes
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Mesangial cells
shape + function, have what receptor, and can control what rate? |
Stellate, contractile smooth muscle-like cells
Help hold glomerulus together Have receptors for angiotensin II (a vasoconstrictor) Control glomerular filtration rates |
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The Proximal Convoluted Tubule has ___ __ epithelium; (eosinophilic/basophilic) mitochondria and have long _____on _____surface)
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Simple cuboidal
eosinophilic mitochondria have long microvilli on LUMENAL surface |
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The Distal Convoluted Tubule has ____ _____epithelium; cells are smaller and somewhat flatter; there are fewer ________ ( therefore, less _______); and has a _____lumen
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Simple cuboidal;
mitochondria ; less eosinophilic; Has a clear lumen |
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A key function of the The Distal Convoluted Tubule is....?
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Final adjustments to salt/water balance (ADH)
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The JGA consists of __ ____ __+ the tunica ________of ______
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Distal convoluted tubule
tunica media of afferent arteriole |
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Renal corpuscle is the combination ______ + ____
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bowmans capusle , glomerular capillaries
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In the loop of henle, there is a change in cell type from ________ to _________
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Change from simple cuboidal to simple squamous
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