MH 142 Kidney

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MH 142 Kidney

TISSUE

Kidney

STAIN

Azan

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68,870 x 47,415 pixels
12 GB

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707 MB

MAGNIFICATION

40x

PIXEL SIZE

0.3171 µm

SOURCE

Medical Histology Collection

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University of Minnesota
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MH 142 Kidney

Kidney
(Connective Tissue)

Connective tissue surrounds nephrons, blood vessels and lymphatics. There is less connective in the cortex compared to the medulla.

Capsule - thin layer of dense irregular connective tissue.
Cortex - connective tissue supports nephrons, blood vessels and lymphatics. Macrophages and fibroblasts are prevalent.
Medulla - connective tissue supports ducts and tubules forming the renal interstitium. The most prevalent connective tissue cell type is myofibroblasts.
Blood Supply - each kidney is supplied by a renal artery.

Interlobar Arteries - branches of the renal artery within the renal sinus that enter the renal columns.
Arcuate Arteries - branches of interlobar arteries that arch over the base of pyramids at the junction of the cortex and medulla.
Interlobular Arteries - branches of arcuate arteries that transverse the cortex to provide an afferent arteriole for each renal corpuscle.
Peritubular Capillaries - destination of efferent arterioles of each renal corpuscle depends on its location.

Peritubular Plexus - efferent arterioles from cortical glomeruli that remain in the cortex.
Medullary Plexus - efferent arterioles from juxtamedular glomeruli that travel through vasa recta in the medulla.