BIOLOGY Volume 3 - A Guide to General Biology - 2004

20. EXCRETION AND OSMOREGULATION

20.5. The Human Kidney

20.5.3. Kidney Histology

Fig. 20.15 shows the light microscopic appearance of The Structure of the renal cortex and medulla.

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Fig. 20.15. Kidney Histology. A. Low-power transverse section of the cortex showing glomeruli and tubules. B. High-power transverse section of the cortex showing two glomeruli in detail. C. Transverse section of the medulla showing loops of Henle and collecting ducts. D. Diagrammatic representation of the structures seen in the sections.



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