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renal cortex (cortex of kidney)

Forms the outer 1/3rd of the renal substance. - extend between renal pyramids as renal columns - appears granular - contains glomeruli & convoluted tubules.

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kidney

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
  2. Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 1999.