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| How can you distinguish PCT from DCT? |
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PCT: more eosinophilic, has a brush border, smaller lumen
DCT: less eosinophilic, no brush border, larger lumen |
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| What type of epithelium does the thin loop of henle have? |
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| What type of epithelium do collecting ducts have? |
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| How can you distinguish thin vs thick loop of henle? |
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Definition
Thin - simple squamous, rounder nuclei
Thick - cuboidal/columnar, no brush border |
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| How can you distinguish thin LoH from vasa recta? |
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Definition
| won't see any RBCs in thin LoH |
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| If you are seeing lots of vasa recta, what part of the kidney are you looking at? |
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Definition
| inner superficial medulla |
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| If you are seeing lots of thick/thin LoH, what part of the kidney are you looking at? |
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Definition
| outer superficial medulla |
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| If you are seeing lots of PCT & DCT, what part of the kidney are you looking at? |
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| Why is blood flow so important in the kidney? |
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Definition
| it drives renal function, no blood flow = no urine production |
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| What is the major arterial blood supply to the kidney? |
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Definition
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| Straight tubes are in the _____ while curvy tubes are in the ______ |
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| Blood enters the kidney at the ____ via the _____ |
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| Describe the flow of blood in the kidney |
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1. Renal artery/vein
2. Interlobar
3. Arcuate
4. Cortical radial / interlobular
5. Peritubular capillaries / intralobular |
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| If you see lots of glomeruli, what part of the kidney are you in? |
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| What species are have multilobar kidneys? |
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| What species have unilobar kidneys? |
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| How does urinary 'plumbing' vary between species? |
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Cow: lots of papillae drain into the minor calyx, then major, then ureter/bladder/urethra
Dog/Cat: one papilla fuses to form renal crest, drains to renal pyramid then ureter/bladder/urethra
Horse: same as dog/cat but RP is more prominent & secretes mucus |
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| Why do horses have cloudy urine? |
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| mucus-secreting cells of the renal pyramid |
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