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a more or less converging manner the long straight or collecting tubule, 

 which finally opens at the apex of the pyramid. Each tubule consists 

 of a basement membrane lined throughout its entire extent by epithelial 



Lobule. 



Lobule. 



Connecting 

 piece. 



intercalated j 

 piece. 



Convoluted 

 tubule. 



Renal corpuscle.--. 



Intercalated 

 piece. 



Thick 



Thin 



division of thi 

 loop of Henle 



Collecting - gf| 

 tubule. 



Papillary duct. -fel 



Tunica albuginea. 



Stellate vein. 



Interlobular 



artery. 

 Interlobular 



Arcif orm artery 



Arcitorm vein. 



Interlobar artery. 

 Interlobar vein. 



FIG. 203. SCHEME OF THE COURSE OF THE URINIFEROUS TUBULES AND THE RENAL VESSELS. 



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cells. The epithelium as well as the tubule varies in shape and size in 

 different parts of its course. In the capsule the epithelium is flattened, 

 lining not only the inner surface of the capsule but reflected over the blood- 

 vessels as well. This is known as the glomerular epithelium. In the 



