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Diagram showing a kidney glomerulus and the commencement of an uriniferous tubule. Labels: a, afferent blood vessel pushing in the wall, w, of a Malpighian capsule and ending in the capillary tuft from which the vein e issues; c, involuted epithelium the vascular tuft, but in nature it forms a close investment around each vessel of the glomerulus; A, space in capsule into which liquid transuded from the vessel of the glomerulus passes; d, neck of capsule passing into commencement of first convoluted portion, f f, of an uriniferous tubule; o, granular epithelial cells; b, basement membrane.

Kidney Glomerulus and Uriniferous Tubule

Diagram showing a kidney glomerulus and the commencement of an uriniferous tubule. Labels: a, afferent…

The minute structure of the kidney, which commences in the cortical substance of the organ as the Malpighian bodies, small round masses of deep-red color, averaging about 1/120 inches in diameter, and each consisting of a central glomerulus of vessels and a membranous envelope or Bowman's capsule (c), the latter being the commencement of the uriniferous tubule (d). The renal artery (a) and renal vein (v) are also shown.

Minute Structure of the Kidney

The minute structure of the kidney, which commences in the cortical substance of the organ as the Malpighian…