Kidney, Fetal Lung
Note: This pair is not always a problem for students to distinguish.
Step 1:
Images for comparison - Do you know which tissue is the Kidney, and Fetal Lung?
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Step 2:
Use the algorithm to distinguish between tissues
Kidney, Fetal Lung
Tubular profiles lined with simple cuboidal cells or simple squamous cells; closely associated capillaries, in background of loose connective tissue
Renal corpuscles
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Kidney / Renal Medulla
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There will not be renal corpuscles in the medulla, but look for
corpuscles in the cortex
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Q:
What structures do the
cuboidal epithelium
represent in the renal medulla?
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A: Collecting ducts, thick portion of loop of Henle.
Q:
What structure does the
capillary profile
of squamous epithelium represent in the renal medulla?
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A: The vasa recta, which should also have red blood cells in the lumen.
Fetal lung
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Q:
What else would you look for to be sure this is lung tissue?
A:
Bronchiolar profiles
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Step 3:
Solutions to Step 1
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Fetal Lung
(Slide Set #76)
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Kidney
(Slide Set #107)
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![[view image]](javascript:newWindow('page6_images/104Kidney2x.jpg')){kind=link}
![[view image]](javascript:newWindow('page6_images/59Kidney20x_a.jpg')){kind=link}
![[view image]](javascript:newWindow('page6_images/59Kidney20x_b.jpg')){kind=link}
![[view image]](javascript:newWindow('page6_images/51Fetlung20x.jpg')){kind=link}