Lab: Kidney Dissection

Katelynn Nguyen, Jenifer Pham, Kristina Tang, Tina Vu

 Renal poles

http://www.healtheast.org/images/st
ories/kidneystone/kidney.gif
 Hilus

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Naveen_Kumar203/publication/235368996/figure/fig3/AS:2
16398467997707@1428604823175/Left-kidney-showing-congested-hilum-and-distorted-shape
-of-the-kidney-RA-renal-artery.png
 Pelvis

http://www.urologygroupvirginia.com/assets/NewFolder-5/k
idney-and-ureter2454.jpg
 Major Calyx
+ Minor Calyx

http://renaltreatment.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/renal-pelvis.jpg
 Renal Pyramid

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Blausen_
0592_KidneyAnatomy_01.png/1200px-Blausen_0592_KidneyAnatomy
_01.png
 Renal Papilla

https://www.flexiprep.com/NIOS-Notes/Biology/posts/NIOS-Biology-Ch-14-Respi
ration-and-Elimation-of-Nitrogenous-Wastes-Part-6/Image-showing-Microscopic-
structure-of-human-kidney.webp
 Cortex

http://bio1152.nicerweb.com/Locked/media/ch44/44_14cMamExcrSy
sKidney-L.jpg
 Medulla

https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-aa5100cad1aa14429a9075d8
eada69f8
 Arcuate
arteries/veins

http://bodterms.weebly.com/uploads/5/4/1/9/541
9033/8233965.jpg?305
 Interlobar
arteries/veins

https://anatomybody-charts.us/wp-content/uploads/2016/0
3/kidney-anatomy-diagram-kidney-structure-diagram.jpg
 Interlobular
arteries/veins

https://www.knowyourbody.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Arcuate
-arteries-of-the-kidney-Picture.jpg
Analysis (just for us)
1. A. Describe the path urine takes from the papilla to the ureter.
Papillary ducts → Minor calyces → Major calyces → Pelvis → Ureter → Urinary bladder → Urethra
B. What is the role of the nephron in urine formation?
Each kidney is made up of about a million filtering units called nephrons. Each nephron filters a small amount of
blood. The nephron includes a filter, called the glomerulus, and a tubule.
C. Where are the nephrons found?
The kidney contains tiny, microscopic tubules along the loop of Henle. Nephrons are located in these small tubules.
2. What is the functional difference between the cortex and medulla of the kidney?

3. Periodically the urine formed by the kidneys contain too many ions within them; when this occurs the
formation of a kidney stone (aka "renal caliculi") may result. Where in the kidney would a kidney stone
cause the most potential damage? (Think about it...)