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The outer portion is called the Cortex and the inner dark portion is called the Renal Medulla

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Q: What are the inner and outer portions of the kidney called?
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Is the glomerulus the inner portion of the kidney?

No the renal cortex is the outer part of the kidney


What are the two layers of the kidney?

The renal cortex is the outer region of the kidney. The medulla is the inner region of the kidney.


Frontal section through the kidney will reveal on outer area called the cortex and an inner area known as what?

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What are the difference layers of the kidneys?

The renal cortex is the outer region of the kidney. The medulla is the inner region of the kidney.


What is the name of the kidney outer layer?

You mean the capsuls covering it. But generally kidney is coverd by posterior wall of peritonium


Is the cortex part of the kidney?

renal and kidney are the same so the answer is Yes. the cortex is the outer part of the kidney as opposed to the medulla, the inner part.


The outer section of the kidney is called the renal medulla?

false........ The renal medulla is not the outer section of the kidney


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How is the interior of the kidney constructed?

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What is the outer portion of the kidney?

The Renal CortexThe renal cortex is the outer region of the kidney.The outer part of the kidney is the renal cortex.It is called the renal cortexcortex