Urinary system
Kidney_cortex_400X_semithin with toluidine blue
The renal corpuscle is composed of a glomerular capillary (C) tuft and a double-walled renal capsule.
The renal capsule has two parts: a parietal layer lined by a simple squamous epithelium (BC) and a visceral layer formed by podocytes (black arrows).
The urinary space (asterisks) is between the two layers of renal corpuscle.
An arteriole (A) is observed in the vascular pole.
The proximal convoluted tubules (PCT) have obvious brush border (triangles).
The distal convoluted tubules (DCT) has fewer and less well developed microvilli than PCT does and its lumen is more cleaner.
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Kidney_medulla_400X_semithin with toluidine blue
The proximal straight tubules (PST) also have obvious brush border (triangles), whereas
The distal straight tubules (DST) has fewer and less well developed microvilli than PST does and its lumen is more cleaner. Besides, their nuclei are located in the apical portion of the cells.
In the medulla, the thin segment (T) formed by a low cuboidal or simple squamous epithelium could be observed.
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Kidney_Renal corpuscle_3000X
The photography shows parts of the renal corpuscle, including glomerular capillaries (C) and a renal capsule.
The renal capsule has two parts: a parietal layer lined by a simple squamous epithelium (BC) and a visceral layer formed by podocytes (black arrows).
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Kidney_Glomerlus_10000X
Podocytes (black arrows) extend their processes around the glomerular capillaries (C)
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Kidney_Glomerlus_25000X
The endothelium of the glomerular capillary has numerus fenestrations (arrow heads).
Podocytes (black arrows) extend their processes on the glomerular basement membrane of the glomerular capillaries (C).
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Kidney_Proximal convoluted tubules _5000X
The most prominent feature of proximal convoluted tubules is the closely packed microvilli (Mv) on the apical surface of cells.
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Kidney_Proximal convoluted tubules _10000X
The apical surface of proximal tubule cell shows closely packed microvilli (Mv). Vesicles (V), lysosomes (L) and mitochondria (M) are present in the cell.
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Kidney_Proximal convoluted tubules _30000X
Many longitudinally oriented mitochondria (M) are located in the basal striation of proximal tubule cell.
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Kidney_Proximal convoluted tubules _30000X
Closely packed microvilli (Mv) are obvious in the apical surface of proximal tubule cell.
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Kidney_Distal convoluted tubules _5000X
The apical surface of distal convoluted tubule cell has relatively short and less-developed microvilli (Mv).
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Kidney_Distal convoluted tubules _10000X
Many longitudinally oriented mitochondria (M) are located in the basal striation of distal tubule cell.
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Kidney_Distal convoluted tubules _20000X
Many longitudinally oriented mitochondria (M) are located in the basal striation of distal tubule cell.
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Kidney_Distal convoluted tubules _20000X
The apical surface of distal convoluted tubule cell has relatively short and less-developed microvilli (Mv).
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Urinary bladder_400X_semithin with toluidine blue
The urinary bladder is lined by the transitional epithelium (Epi) which character is that cells of the surface layer exhibit dome-shaped.
The connective tissue (CT) containing blood vessels is under the epithelium and the muscularis layer (M) is beneath the CT.
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Urinary bladder_transitional epithelium_5000X
The cell membrane of transitional epithelium contains the unique plaques (arrows) which may invaginate into cell to be fusiform vesicles (arrow heads).
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Urinary bladder_transitional epithelium_10000X
The cell membrane of transitional epithelium contains the unique plaques (arrows) which may invaginate into cell to be fusiform vesicles (arrow heads).
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Urinary bladder_transitional epithelium_20000X
The cell membrane of transitional epithelium contains the unique plaques (arrows) which may invaginate into cell to be fusiform vesicles (arrow heads).
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Urinary bladder_transitional epithelium_50000X
The cell membrane of transitional epithelium contains the unique plaques (arrows) which may invaginate into cell to be fusiform vesicles (arrow heads).
The membrane of fusiform vesicles appears to be similar to the cell membrane of the transitional epithelia cell.
Topics of pictures
- Kidney_cortex_400X_semithin with toluidine blue
- Kidney_medulla_400X_semithin with toluidine blue
- Kidney_Renal corpuscle_3000X
- Kidney_Glomerlus_10000X
- Kidney_Glomerlus_25000X
- Kidney_Proximal convoluted tubules _5000X
- Kidney_Proximal convoluted tubules _10000X
- Kidney_Proximal convoluted tubules _30000X
- Kidney_Proximal convoluted tubules _30000X
- Kidney_Distal convoluted tubules _5000X
- Kidney_Distal convoluted tubules _10000X
- Kidney_Distal convoluted tubules _20000X
- Urinary bladder_400X_semithin with toluidine blue
- Urinary bladder_transitional epithelium_5000X
- Urinary bladder_transitional epithelium_10000X
- Urinary bladder_transitional epithelium_20000X
- Urinary bladder_transitional epithelium_50000X