REGIONS OF KIDNEY

 RENAL CORTEX
 RENAL MEDULLA
 RENAL PYRAMID

PROTECTIVE LAYERS OF KIDNEY

 FIBROUS CAPSULE
 PERIRENAL FAT CAPSULE
 RENAL FASCIA
Nephrons - structural and functional units of the kidneys and are responsible for
forming urine.
Renal pelvis - functions to collect urine produced by the nephrons.

Two (2) main structures of the nephron:

 renal corpuscle - each renal corpuscle consists of a glomerulus, which is a knot
of capillaries. glomerularcapsule or Bowman’s capsule.
 renal tubule - The renal tubule, which makes up the rest of the nephron, is
about 3 cm (approximately 1.25 inches) long.

Regions of the tubule:

• Proximal convoluted tubule (PCT)
• Nephron loop (loop of Henle)
• Distal convoluted tubule (DCT)
PATHWAY OF RENAL BLOOD VESSELS:

 Aorta
 Renal Artery
 Segmental Artery
 Interlobar Artery
 Arcuate Artery
 Cortical Radiate Artery
 Afferent Arteriole
 GLOMERULUS CAPILLARIES
 Efferent Arteriole
 Peritubular Capillaries
 Cortical radiate vein
 Arcuate vein
 Interlobar vein
 Renal vein
 Inferior vena cava