Urinary System

Learning Objectives

• Students should be able to distinguish the renal cortex and medulla in histological sections.
• Students should be able to identify capillaries, podocytes, mesangial cells and parietal cells in the renal corpuscle.
• Students should be able to describe the properties of the structures that filter blood in the renal corpuscle
• Students should be able to distinguish proximal convoluted tubules, loop of Henle, distal convoluted tubule and collecting duct in histological sections and list the functional properties of each.
• Students should be able to identify components of the juxtaglomerular apparatus and describe how it regulates filtration rate of its corpuscle.
• Students should be able to describe the histological features of the ureter, bladder and urethra.