ANAT1052 Lecture Notes - Renal Vein, Renal Artery, Abdominal Wall
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The urinary system: list the functions of the urinary system and its role in maintaining homeostasis. D: list the organs in the urinary system. Answer: 2 kidneys (left and right, 2 ureters (connected to each kidney, urinary bladder, urethra, describe the location of the kidneys. Answer: main artery = renal artery, rises from aorta, main vein = renal vein, vein exists the kidney at hilum and leads into inferior vena cava, describe the structure of the kidneys. Side note: capsular space separates the glomerulus and bowman (glomerular capsule) The renal tubule leads away from glomerular capsule and ends at the tip of the renal pyramid. Proximal convoluted tubule (pct: arises from glomerular capsule, long and compactly coiled, lined with simple cuboidal epithelium (has microvilli, function: facilitates absorption of materials. Distal convoluted tubule (dct: begins after the ascending limb, shorter and less coiled, the end of nephron, leads back to the glomerulus to form the juxtaglomerular apparatus.
