Kidney Histology Collecting Duct. Kidney tubules and collecting ducts american urological. Unfortunately the kidney is difficult to fix optimally and so you will look at several kidney slides each of which may show one aspect or another to better advantage.
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You will not be able to see a nephron in its entirety in a single section but will study the various portions separately in the slides below. Is defined as a portion of the kidney containing thosenephrons that are served by a common collecting duct. In the medulla the shape and cross sectional structure of the different parts of the tubules differs according to their functions.
In this article you get an overview of the histology of the kidney from cortex to medulla their functions.
Consists of a medullary pyramid and its associated cortex. The nephron as a functional unit of the kidney the collecting duct as a fine adjustment of the final urine topography of the nephron interstitium of the kidney. Collecting ducts then travel through the kidney medulla converging at the apex of each renal pyramid. The collecting system of the kidney is a series of tubes that moves urine from the nephrons into the minor calyces.
