The outermost region, the cortex, has a granular-like appearance, due to the high number of renal corpuscles (Fig 3) in this area (Knight et al, 2020). Each consisting of a glomerulus and Bowman’s ...

Epithelial cells line the renal tubular system, which in humans is several kilometers long. This system of renal tubules, together with the renal corpuscles, forms the basic structural and ...