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Renal System Anatomy

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Anatomy Lectures

Renal Anatomy (Gross and Vasculature) Anatomy and Physiology (Nephron, Glomerulus, Tubules).

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Medical Foundation 2 / Part 2 / Renal / Week 1

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Explain the structure, function and physiology of the urinary tract, kidney, nephron and glomerulus
Understand surface anatomy corresponding to the kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra.
Describe and identify the fibrous capsule, perirenal fat, renal fascia and pararenal fat and understand their function.
Understand the renal cortex, medulla, renal pyramids, renal papilla, renal columns.
Understand the structure and function of the renal pelvis, major and minor calyces and renal papilla.
Understand the arterial supply of the kidneys (renal arteries, segmental arteries, lobar arteries, interlobar arteries, arcuate arteries, interlobular arteries and afferent glomerular arterioles.
Understand the venous and lymphatic drainage as well as the innervations of the kidney.
Understand the development of the common congenital anomalies of the kidney.
Identify the ureter, its length, division, and the three sites of constrictions along its course.
Identify and describe the arterial supply of the ureter, venous and lymphatic drainage and its innervation.
Describe the urinary bladder its location, neck and surfaces (posterior (base), superior, and inferolateral surfaces).
Understand the mucous membrane of the bladder, trigone, muscular coat of the bladder (detrusor muscle) and the internal sphincter (sphincter vesicae).
Understand the arterial supply, venous and lymphatic drainage of the bladder.
Describe and understand innervation of the bladder with a focus on mechanism of micturition.
Identify the external sphincter (sphincter urethrae) and urethral meatus. Understand the different parts of male urethra (prostatic, membranous, spongy (penile) urethra) and the differences between male and female urethra.
Explain the structure, function and physiology of the urinary tract, kidney, nephron and glomerulus

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