KROK 1 2009 – Question 70 · KROK (Medicine) · Histology, Cytology, and Embryology
A histological specimen of a kidney shows a part of the distal tubule going between the afferent and efferent arteriole. The cells building the tubule wall have dense nuclei; basal membrane is absent. Such structural formation is called:
- A. Juxtaglomerular cells
- B. Juxtavascular cells
- C. Mesangial cells
- D. Macula densa
- E. -
Hint
Focus on the segment of the distal tubule that returns to touch its own glomerulus between the two arterioles, and on what its tightly packed cells monitor in the tubular fluid.
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