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| 9-12 cm length, 5 cm width, 2.5 cm thick |
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| filters blood and produces urine |
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| collects urine from Bowman's capsule |
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| how blood enters Bowman's capsule |
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| through the afferent arteriole |
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| how blood exits Bowman's capsule |
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| through the efferent arteriole |
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| anatomy of the renal corpuscle |
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| glomerulus cluster of non-anastomosing capillaries, enclosed by Bowman's capsule |
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| cortical and juxtamedullary |
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| cells concerned with the production of Renin |
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| juxtaglomerular apparatus (JGA) |
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| enzyme needed when blood pressure is too low |
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| waste from muscles excreted through urine |
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| causes vessel constriction which raises blood pressure |
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| measurement of the kisney's ability to concentrate urine |
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| ratio of plasma to packed-cell volume in blood |
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| increased deposits of fat in renal sinus |
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| Most common variant of urinary tract |
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| cyst-like enlargement of lower end of ureter |
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| usually associated with complete ureter duplication |
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| closed at umbilicus but open at bladder |
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| closed at bladder, umbilicus open |
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| closed at umbilicus and bladder |
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| associated with urethral obstructions in the fetus |
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| renal sinus cyst that does not connect with collecting system |
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| dysplastic cystic dilation of medullary and papillary portion of collecting tubules |
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| complications of medullary sponge kidney |
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| stone formation and infection |
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| fetus has large echogenic kidney due to multiple small cysts |
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| infantile polycystic renal disease |
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| autosomal dominant kidney disease with bilateral cysts and masses |
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| renal failure patients with small cysts in cortex and medulla |
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| acquired cystic kidney disease |
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| autosomal dominant, renal cysts and angiomyolipomas, associated with mental retardation, seizures, and cutaneous lesions |
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| bilateral normal to small kidneys with thin cortex, rapid progression with uremia and death |
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| most common palpable abdominal mass in neonates and most common childhood renal cystic disease |
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| multicystic dysplastic kidney |
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| most common renal carcinoma |
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| most common tumor of renal collecting system |
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Definition
| transitional cell carcinoma |
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| type of patients w/increased risk of TCC |
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| heavy smokers and exposure to carcinogens |
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| most common renal tumore in children 1-8 |
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Definition
| Wilm's tumor (nephroblastoma) |
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| rare, benign mass, more common in men, with a stellate or spoke wheel pattern |
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| benign counterpart of wilm's tumor |
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| most common medical cause of acute renal failure |
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| increased echogenicity and atrophy |
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| air in the renal parenchyma with gas forming parenchymal infection |
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| emphysematous pyelonephritis |
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| air within the urinary collecting system |
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Definition
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| causes destruction of renal parenchyma with replacement by lipid macrophages |
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Definition
| xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis |
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| s/a of papillary necrosis |
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Definition
| fluid filled spaces around corticomedullary junction - pyramids |
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