Urinary System

Glomerulus (capillaries)  surrounded by glomerular capsule (or Bowman’s capsule) including proximal and distal tubules

http://www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140/Core

Macula Densa of the distal tubule which combines with juxtaglomerular cells to monitor blood and solute flow to the nephron

http://www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140/CorePages/

With glomerulus (capillaries) and surrounded by glomerular capsule (or Bowman’s capsule). The capsule is seen as a clear area capsular space) surrounding the Glomerulus.

Renal Cortex with renal corpuscles

http://www.siumed.edu/~dking2/crr/

COL = Collecting Tubule

DT= Distal Tubule

T= Thin segments of the Loop of Henle

http://courseweb.edteched.uottawa.ca/medicine-histology/English/Renal/renal13.htm

Renal tubules in transverse section surrounded by simple cuboidal epithelium

http://www.cedarville.edu/academics/science

Renal tubules in longitudinal section

http://casweb.cas.ou.edu/pbell/Histology/Captions/

In longitudinal section.

Renal tubules (transverse section) and glomerular are also present

http://histology.class.kmu.edu.tw/up.htm

Cross sections of tubules in the medulla

http://www.siumed.edu/~dking2/crr/RN021b.htm

Renal tubules in transverse section

Simplified cuboidal epithelium

http://www.siumed.edu/~dking2/intro/

Renal tubules in longitudinal section

Simplified cuboidal epithelium

http://www.siumed.edu/~dking2/crr/RN006b.htm

Ureter

With transitional epithelium and the lamina propria that forms the this forms the mucosa layer

http://www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140/

Ureter

With the transitional epithelium mucosa layer and the underlying muscular layer and connective tissue

http://www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140/CorePages/

Transverse layer showing the mucosa layer and the muscular layer surrounded by the connective tissue

http://www.siumed.edu/~dking2/crr/z94.htm

Transverse layer showing the mucosa layer and the muscular layer surrounded by the connective tissue

http://w3.ouhsc.edu/histology/Text%20Sections/Urinary.html

Male urethra with erectile tissue

http://www.cvm.okstate.edu/instruction

The urethra, leading from the bladder has a thick muscular wall

http://www.siumed.edu/~dking2/erg/RE047b.htm

The bladder is lined with transitional epithelium which stretches.

http://www.anatomy.dal.ca/Human_Histology/

The bladder has a thick smooth muscle wall and is lined with transitional epithelium

http://www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140/CorePages/

Has a thick smooth muscle wall and is lined with transitional epithelium. It also contains numerous folds in the mucosa lining. These folds disappear during bladder distention

http://www.vh.org/adult/provider/anatomy/

The bladder is lined with transitional epithelium which stretches.

http://w3.ouhsc.edu/histology/Text%20Sections/Urinary.html