Kidney Anatomy Cortex Medulla. Renal medulla is the inner most layer of the kidney. This is the indentation that produces the bean like form.
The renal medulla latin renes medulla kidney middle contains the structures of the nephrons responsible for maintaining the salt and water balance of the blood. Renal cortex is the outer layer of the kidney situated between the renal capsule and renal medullas. Renal cortex histology kidney histological features and microscopic anatomy of kidney cortex.
Cortex medulla inner and outer zones of outer medulla and papilla or inner medulla pyramids renal calyxes and pelvis ureter.
This is the indentation that produces the bean like form. Renal cortex histology kidney histological features and microscopic anatomy of kidney cortex. The innermost tissue called the renal medulla forms comparatively dark cones called renal pyramids with bases outward and apexes projecting either singly or in groups into the renal sinus. The cortex has a grainy appearance as it mostly contains ovoid and coiled parts of the nephrons renal corpuscles and convoluted tubules.