Block8/Fig 5. The microscopic structure of renal corpuscle.

block8_10.jpg - Fig 5. The microscopic structure of renal corpuscle. Therenal corpuscle appears as a spherical structure whichperiphery is composed of a thin capsule that encloses a narrowclear-appearing space, the urinary space (U), and a capillarytuft or glomerulus that appears as a large cellular mass. Thecapsule of the renal corpuscle, known as the renal orBowman's capsule, actually has two parts; a parietal layer,which is marked (BC), and a visceral layer. The parietal layerconsists of simple squamous epithelial cells. The proximalconvoluted tubules (PC) have a slightly larger outside diameterthan the distal convoluted tubules (DC) have. The proximaltubules have a brush border, whereas the distal tubules have acleaner, sharper luminal surface. Typically, fewer nuclei appearin a cross section of a proximal convoluted tubule than in anequivalent segment of a distal convoluted tubule.

Fig 5. The microscopic structure of renal corpuscle. The renal corpuscle appears as a spherical structure which periphery is composed of a thin capsule that encloses a narrow clear-appearing space, the urinary space (U), and a capillary tuft or glomerulus that appears as a large cellular mass. The capsule of the renal corpuscle, known as the renal or Bowman's capsule, actually has two parts; a parietal layer, which is marked (BC), and a visceral layer. The parietal layer consists of simple squamous epithelial cells. The proximal convoluted tubules (PC) have a slightly larger outside diameter than the distal convoluted tubules (DC) have. The proximal tubules have a brush border, whereas the distal tubules have a cleaner, sharper luminal surface. Typically, fewer nuclei appear in a cross section of a proximal convoluted tubule than in an equivalent segment of a distal convoluted tubule.

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