Histo Urinary Flashcards
(13 cards)
Blood supply
Renal artery Interlobar artery Arcuate artery Interlobular artery Afferent arteriole Glomerular capillaries Efferent arteriole Peritubular capillary and vasa recta
Renal corpuscle consists of
Bowman’s capsule
Glomerulus
Where are there no anastomoses
Interlobular arteries
The parietal layer of bowman’s capsule has what epithelium?
Simple squamous
What transmembrane proteins are in the diaphragm between pedicels?
Nephrin
Podocin
Podocytes are in what layer of Bowman’s capsule?
Visceral layer
Where is the blood urine barrier
Between urinary space and visceral layer
What is coated with negative charged glycoproteins to repel large anionic proteins?
Glomerular capillary endothelial cells
What is the glomerular capillary permeable to?
Water
Urea
Glucose
Small proteins
What makes up the glomerular basement membrane?
Fused basal lamina of capillary and visceral layer / podocytes of Bowman’s capsule
What are the constituents of the glomerular basement membrane
Type 4 collagen
Laminin
Fibronectin
GAGs
Alport’s syndrome
Genetic mutation in genes codin for type 4 collagen
Leaky and thick GBM
Maybe blood in urine
Goodpasture’s syndrome
Affect kidney and lung
Autoimmune - make Abs against collagen type 4