Curriculum Block

Objectives

• 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

Assessments

• MF2 CAE 1

Tags

Anatomy Physiology Medical Foundation 2 Part 2 Renal Week 1 Part 2 Week 1 2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations. Anatomy [A] Glomerular Filtration Rate [G08.852.397] Kidney Cortex [A05.810.453.324] Kidney Glomerulus [A05.810.453.324.359] Kidney Glomerulus [A05.810.453.736.520] Kidney Tubules [A05.810.453.736.560] Kidney [A05.810.453] Nephrons [A05.810.453.736] Urinary Tract [A05.810] Urogenital System [A05]