1. the geographical region drained by one body of water. 2. the area whose residents are served by a specialized health care agency. Called also catchment. contact area proximal surface. …

The base and sides are surrounded by cortical tissue, and the apex protrudes into the renal calyces. These protrusions are called renalpapillae, whose surface is perforated by openings …

Urine is released at the papilla through 10-25 openings (area cribrosa) into one of the minor calices which you will note are lined with transitional epithelium #210 [example] (also seen but …

Thoracic cavity Urinary system Kidney Lateral border of kidney Medial border of kidney Anterior surface of kidney Posterior surface of kidney Superior pole of kidney Inferior pole of kidney …

Nov 22, 2021 · The medulla, in human is composed of 8-12 renal pyramids. Their bases form the corticomedullary junction. Their apices, the renal papillae, protrude into the minor calyces. The …

This region is called the lamina cribrosa. The blood vessels of the sclera are largely confined to a superficial layer of tissue, and these, along with the conjunctival vessels, are responsible for …

Papillary ducts of Bellini discharge urine into the lumen of a minor calyx, forming a perforated region of the papilla called the area cribrosa. The minor calyx is continuous with a major calyx, …

Where the optic nerve passes through the sclera, the latter forms a thin cribriform lamina, the lamina cribrosa scleræ; the minute orifices in this lamina serve for the transmission of the …

The transitional epithelium of the minor calyx is continuous with the columnar epithelium of the papillary ducts. The lamina propria is made up mostly of collagenous connective tissue and …

The lamina cribrosa is the putative site of retinal ganglion cell axonal injury in glaucoma. Although histological studies have provided evidence of structural changes to the lamina cribrosa, even …