The Urinary System
Vikash School
Bargarh
Date: 26.04.2024
Disha Shandesha Meher
System Integration
food, water intake oxygen intake
elimination
of carbon
dioxide
Digestive System Respiratory System
Circulatory System
Urinary System
elimination of
excess water
salts, wastes
rapid transport
to and from all
living cells
elimination
of food
residues
nutrients,
water,
salts
carbon
dioxide
water
solutes
oxygen
The Urinary System
•Paired kidneys
•A ureter for
each kidney
•Urinary bladder
•Urethra
•ureters –muscular tubes connecting
renal pelvis to urinary bladder
•urinary bladder –distensible reservoir;
receives bilateral ureters and empties
via midline urethra
smooth muscle forms detrussor
muscle; specialized distally as
internal urethral sphincter
RENAL PARENCHYMA
•RENAL PYRAMIDS
–EXTENSIONS OF CORTEX (RENAL
COLUMNS) DIVIDE MEDULLA INTO 6 –10
RENAL PYRAMIDS
–PYRAMID + OVERLYING CORTEX = LOBE
–POINT OF PYRAMID = PAPILLA
–PAPILLA NESTED IN CUP (MINOR CALYX)
–2 –3 MINOR CALICES MAJOR CALYX
–2 –3 MAJOR CALICES RENAL PELVIS
–RENAL PELVIS URETER
Kidney Functions
•Regulation of blood ionic composition
•Regulation of blood pH
•Regulation of blood volume
•Regulation of blood pressure
•Maintenance of blood osmolarity
•Production of hormones
•Regulation of blood glucose levels
•Excretion of waste and foreign substances
Urinary System Function
•Removal of toxic waste products
•Regulation of blood volume
•Regulation of electrolyte balance
•Regulation of acid-base balance
•Regulation of fluids/electrolytes in
tissue fluid
•Production of erythropoietin*
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Cortex
Outer, divisible grossly into
alternating :
(1) Medullary rays
(striated): medullary
rays -rich in (a)
straight tubules and
(b) collecting ducts
(2) Cortical labyrinths
cortical labyrinths –rich in
:
(a) renal corpuscles,
(b) convoluted tubules and
(c)collecting tubules
NEPHRONS
•FUNCTIONAL UNITS OF KIDNEY
•~1.2 MILLION PER KIDNEY
•THREE MAIN PARTS
–BLOOD VESSELS
–RENAL CORPUSCLE
–RENAL TUBULE
RENAL CORPUSCLE
•GLOMERULUS PLUS CAPSULE
•GLOMERULUS ENCLOSED IN TWO-
LAYERED GLOMERULAR CAPSULE
–“BOWMAN’S CAPSULE”
•FLUID FILTERS FROM GLOMERULAR
CAPILLARIES
–“GLOMERULAR FILTRATE”
•FLUID COLLECTS IN CAPSULAR SPACE
•FLUID FLOWS INTO RENAL TUBULE
RENAL TUBULE
•LEADS FROM GLOMERULAR CAPSULE
•ENDS AT TIP OF MEDULLARY PYRAMID
•~3 CM LONG
•FOUR MAJOR REGIONS
–PROXIMAL CONVOLUTED TUBULE
–NEPHRON LOOP
–DISTAL CONVOLUTED TUBULE
–COLLECTING DUCT
III. Renal Corpuscle
Secondary processes interdigitate around glomerular
capillaries. The narrow space between processes is
the filtration slit.
Glomerulus & Podocyte
Structure
•consists of (1) glomerulus and (2) Bowman’s capsule
–glomerulus –tufts of capillaries; fed by afferent arteriole
and drains to efferent arteriole
–Bowman’s capsule –double-walled (visceral and
parietal) epithelial capsule
–~ 200 micrometers diameter
–urinary pole –leads to proximal convoluted tubule;
route of filtrate
–vascular pole –site of afferent (incoming) and efferent
(outgoing) arterioles supplying glomerulus
Renal Corpuscle –site of filtration
EM structure of Glomerular Filtration Barrier
Proximal tubule cells
Structure
tubules formed by simple cuboidal epithelia
apical surface covered with microvilli creating LM brush
border
-increase surface area for ion absorption
cells tightly bound to one another to seal off
intercellular space from lumen
-tight junctions and zonula adherens apically;
interdigitating plicae(folds) laterally
interdigitating basal processescontain numerous
mitochondria; creates LM basal striations; associated
with ion transport
Proximal convoluted tubule
•located within cortex
•approximately 1/3 as long as proximal
•contacts renal corpuscle at macula densa
to form juxtaglomerular apparatus
(below)
•morphology similar to straight portion
•function:ion exchange
Distal convoluted tubule
Distal convoluted (shorter)
Inner, divisible into alternating:
(1) Pyramids–variable in number
contain (a) straight tubules (b)
collecting ducts and (c) vasa recta
•pyramids-apex of each pyramid terminates
in a papilla
•papilla perforated by opening of collecting
ducts termed area cribosa
•drains into minor calyx
(2) renal
columns–
extensions of
cortex into
medulla; same
composition as
cortex
Medulla
The thin limb of the loop of Henle
Histologically the ascending thick limb & the distal
convoluted tubules are the same
Collecting tubules
Collecting duct
Thin limbs of the loop of Henle
Cortical and JuxtamedullaryNephrons
38histology of urinary system
Nephrons
Juxtaglomerular Apparatus
Site of blood pressure
regulation via renin-
angioensin-aldosterone
(RAA) system
Located at the vascular
pole of Bowman’s
capsule
formed by conjunction of cells of :
•the macula densa (distal straight tubule)
•juxtaglomerular cells of the afferent arteriole
•extraglomerular mesangial cells
Juxtaglomerular apparatus
macula densa –portion of
terminal distal straight tubule
adjacent to renal corpuscle
juxtaglomerular cells –specialized
smooth muscle cells of afferent
arteriole which contain rennin in
secretory granules
extraglomerular mesangial cells or
Laciscell
Juxtaglomerular apparatus
Ansa(loop)ofHenle
Ansa
Henle
Thick descending of
Henle’sloop
Thin descending
of Henle’sloop
Thin ascending of
Henle’sloop
Thick ascending
of Henle’sloop
Comparison of the tubule
•Start in cortex and descend through medulla
•as ducts coalesce and increase in size, cells of tubes
change from somewhat squamous to cuboidal to
columnar
•terminate at tip of renal pyramid where urine
enters into minor calyx
•distinguishable cell margins
•central nuclei with poorly staining cytoplasm
•At EM level many possess single cilium and sparse
microvilli
Collecting tubules / ducts
Histological structure of calyces, renal pelvis, ureter and
urinary bladder broadly similar
mucosa –lined by transitional epithelium over connect
tissue lamina propria
transitional epithelium –impermeable to water and
salts; distendable
lamina propria-dense irregular collagen fibers
muscularis –smooth muscle layer
bi-laminar:inner longitudinal and outer circular;
produce peristalsis
adventitia / serosa –connective tissue coat with or
without mesothelial covering
Ureter / Bladder
Ureter
Transitional epithelia changes depending on
how full the urinary bladder is
Dome cells
•fibromuscular tube connecting bladder to external
urethral orifice
•sexually dimorphic
males –terminal duct for both urinary and genital
systems
females –urinary system only
•lining –in both sexes grades from transitional
epithelium adjacent to bladder to stratified
squamous at orifice
males have stratified columnar or pseudostratified
columnar in middle portion
Urethra