What does the upper urinary tract consist of
Kidney and ureters
What does the lower urinary tract consists of
Bladder and urethra
What is the functional unit of the kidney?
Nephron
The kidney is a vital organ for
Homeostasis
What is the function of the kidney?
Detoxify and filter the blood
excrete metabolic waste
absorb amino acid, ion, glucose and water
maintain normal pH, iron,salt in the blood
What is the kidney tissue masses referred to as?
Renunculi or ranunculi
The most common location for a topic kidney is
Pelvis
What is the difference in length between the kidneys
no more than 2 cm
What is the pararenal fat layer covers?
Gerota fascia
What are the two parts of the kidney?
Renal parenchyma and renal sinus
What does renal parenchyma consist of?
Renal medulla - inner portion
renal cortex- outer portion
What is the renal medulla responsible for?
Absorption and include renal pyramids
What is the renal cortex responsible for?
Filtration of the blood
What does the renal sinus contains?
Renal collecting system
What does a collective system compose of?
Minor and major cálices
Reno pelvis
Infundibula
What’s BUN
measure amount of urea nitrogen
What’s Creatinine indicate ?
amount of creatinine in the skeletal Muscle
Increase in BUN and creatinine indicate
Renal disease
most common congenital Anomaly Is
Duplex or Duplicated Collecting system
Kidney Size?
8-13cm in length
Cortex Echogenicity
hypoechoic/Isoechoic to liver /spleen/panc
Cortical thinning
Cortex 1cm or less
Medulla
-triangular Shaped Medulan Pyramids
Separated by columns of Berting
Dromedany Hump