Longitudinal Section Of A Kidney

It is a relatively thick section but shows some details of kidney structure very well.

Longitudinal section of a kidney. Longitudinal sections include but are not limited to median sagittal and coronal sections. It is a reddish brown layer of tissue immediately below the capsule and outside the renal it consists of renal corpuscles and convoluted tubules. Longitudinal section of the kidney shows following parts.

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A longitudinal section of a kidney. 8 branches of the latter vessels in. The kidney s cortex is the site of most of the filtering units renal corpuscles.

Light micrograph of a longitudinal section through a kidney showing the outer region cortex round the edges and the inner region medulla centre.