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Title: Drawing of a medullary sponge kidney with a nephron inset Alternate text: Drawing of a medullary sponge kidney. The large part of the kidney appears to be porous, like a sponge. An inset shows a microscopic view of a nephron with cysts growing on the tubule. Labels point to the cysts. Caption: In MSK, cysts form in the collecting tubes and keep urine from flowing freely through the kidneys. Category of Image: Anatomical and Medical Image Number: N00727 Download Resolutions: Low, Medium, High Archived: No |
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Title: Drawing of a medullary sponge kidney Alternate text: Drawing of a medullary sponge kidney. The large part of the kidney appears to be porous, like a sponge. Caption: In MSK, cysts form in the collecting tubes and keep urine from flowing freely through the kidneys. Category of Image: Anatomical and Medical Image Number: N00729 Download Resolutions: Low, Medium, High Archived: No |
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Title: Drawing of nephron with cysts. Alternate text: Drawing that shows a microscopic view of a nephron with cysts. Blood vessels are shown on the left side of the picture. A urine-collecting tube is shown on the right side of the picture. In the middle, branching blood vessels intertwine with the branching urine-collecting tubes. The larger urine-collecting tube on the right is covered with fluid-filled sacs called cysts. Caption: In the nephron (left), tiny blood vessels intertwine with urine-collecting tubes. Each kidney contains about 1 million nephrons. Category of Image: Anatomical and Medical Image Number: N00731 Download Resolutions: Low, Medium, High Archived: No |
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Title: Drawing of a kidney diagram with nephron inset Alternate text: Drawing of a kidney. Labels show where blood with wastes enter the kidney, clean blood leaves the kidney, and wastes (urine) are sent to the bladder. An inset shows a microscopic view of a nephron. Labels point to the glomerulus and the tubule. Caption: In the nephron (left) tiny blood vessels intertwine with fluid-collecting tubes. Each kidney contains about 1 million nephrons. Category of Image: Instructional Image Number: N00579 Download Resolutions: Low, Medium, High Archived: No |
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