Normal kidney,gross specimen. Kidneys are part of the urinary system,filtering wastes (such as urea) from the blood and excreting them as urine. The dark areas are the renal pyramids,cone-shaped structures containing many renal tubules and ducts. The ducts empty urine into the renal pelvis,the pale region,which essentially acts as a funnel for the urine flowing to the ureter. The cortical regions on the outside,brick-red orange in colour,contain the renal corpuscles that filter the blood together with many convoluted renal tubules | |
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