Questions - practice Urinary system


1.     Draw and describe a simple diagram of the corpusculum renis. Where does it occur exclusively
in the kidney?

2.     What is it, where does it occur in the kidney and what is the significance of macula densa?

3.     What 3 sections does the renal canal (tubulus renis) consist of? What cellular treatment are
the epithelial cells of some channels equipped for resorption and what for the transport of water
and ions?

4.     What is the basic functional unit of the kidney called and give the number of units in one
kidney?

5.     Which structures participate in the construction of the glomerular filtration membrane? How
much primary urine is produced in 24 hours?

6.     Juxtaglomerular apparatus - what is it made of, where is it located and what is its
function?

7.     Describe the epithelium (urothelium) in the bladder; where else besides it does it still
occur?

8.     What sections does the male urethra consist of after passing through the bladder wall; what
epithelium covers the mucosa in individual sections of the urethra?



Slides:

30. Ren (HE)

31. Ren (Weigert - van Gieson)

32. Calyx renalis (HE)

33. Ureter (HE)

34. Vesica urinaria (HE)

35. Urethra feminina (HE)

41. Penis - pars spongiosa urethrae masculinae (HE)


Atlas EM: brush border (26)

                  basal labyrinth (27)

                  glomerular filtration barrier (57)