DISTAL CONVOLUTED TUBULES

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PCT & DCT

KIDNEY(SILVERMETHENAMINE)KIDNEY(SILVERMETHENAMINE)

DCTDCT

PCTPCT

DCTDCT

JUXTAGLOMERULAR APPARATUS

KIDNEY H&EKIDNEY H&E

MACULA DENSA

MACULA DENSA

KIDNEY H&EKIDNEY H&E

JG CELLSJG CELLS

AAAA

RENIN GRANULES

COLLECTING TUBULES

COLLECTING DUCTS OF BELLINI

COLLECTING TUBULE COLLECTING DUCT

MINOR CALYX

INTERSTITIAL CELLS

CT of kidney parenchyma – Interstitial tissueIncreases from cortex (7%) to inner medulla

(20%)CORTEX - Cells resembling fibroblasts and macrophages

MEDULLA - Cells resembling myofibroblasts (abundant RER, actin, well developed Golgi apparatus)

Role in compressing tubular structures

URETER

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PROXIMAL CONVOLUTED

TUBULE (PCT) & DISTAL CONVOLUTED TUBULE (DCT)?

SUBMISSION DATE TILL

04-01-2012

REFERENCESGRAY’s Anatomy, 40th Edition

Text & Atlas of Histology, By MICHAEL H. ROSS, 5th Edition

Basic Histology Text & Atlas, By Luiz Carlos Junqueira & José Carneiro, 12th Edition