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Normal no. Of calyces and pelvis in kidney |
Each kidney contains 12 minor calyces, 2 to 3 major calyces & one pelvis which continues as ureter opening into urinary bladder. |
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Renal ENDOCRINE FUNCTION |
endocrine organ secreting erythropoietin, renin, & prostaglandin. |
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Morphologic components involved in kidney diseases |
4 involvement Glomeruli- immunologically mediated tubules frequently caused by toxic or interstitium infectious agents blood vessels. |
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Glomerular damage impairs |
flow through the peritubular vascular system |
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Tubular destruction may induce glomerular injury by |
increasing intraglomerular pressure. |
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culminating end-stage kidneys |
all forms of chronic kidney disease ultimately damage all four components of the kidney |
