The bladder has three layers of smooth muscle, and a transitional epithelium. It’s harder to make out the three layers, because the bladder is sac like, not a tube.
The mucosa is heavily folded – this helps to accommodate for large volume changes.
The transitional epithelial lining can stretch until it looks like stratified squamous epithelium.
The renal corpuscle is formed when a mass of glomerular capillaries grows into the blind ending of a nephron.
The epithelial cells on the inside (visceral layer) of become closely associated with the capillaries. The outer layer of epithelium is called the parietal layer.
Two bean shaped kidneys are attached to the posterior abdominal wall, one on each side of the vertebral column. The kidneys have a tough fibrous capsule (irregular dense connective tissue) for protection. Otherwise they have very little connective tissue between the nephrons.
The bladder has three layers of smooth muscle, and a transitional epithelium. It’s harder to make out the three layers, because the bladder is sac like, not a tube.
The mucosa is heavily folded – this helps to accommodate for large volume changes.
The transitional epithelial lining can stretch until it looks like stratified squamous epithelium.
The renal corpuscle is formed when a mass of glomerular capillaries grows into the blind ending of a nephron.
The epithelial cells on the inside (visceral layer) of become closely associated with the capillaries. The outer layer of epithelium is called the parietal layer.
Two bean shaped kidneys are attached to the posterior abdominal wall, one on each side of the vertebral column. The kidneys have a tough fibrous capsule (irregular dense connective tissue) for protection. Otherwise they have very little connective tissue between the nephrons.
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