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What is the name of the outer region of the kidney deep to the renal capsule?
The outer region of the kidney deep to the renal capsule is called the renal cortex.
Tough outer lining that encases the kidney?
The renal capsule surrounds the kidneys. It is made of a tough connective tissue that also helps to protect them.
What is the name of the hard outer portion of most bones and the inner honeycomb portion?
the outer portionof most bones is a layer of hard compactbone called the "Cortex".
What is the portion of the kidney that extends between the renal pyramids Called?
The portion of the kidney that extends between the renal pyramids is called the renal columns. They are composed of cortical tissue and serve to separate the renal pyramids.
What are nephrons called if they are located mainly in the cortex?
Cortical nephrons are located mainly in the cortex of the kidney. They have shorter loops of Henle that mainly dip into the outer medulla. These nephrons are responsible for most of the kidney's filtration processes.
Is the glomerulus the inner portion of the kidney?
No the renal cortex is the outer part of the kidney
What are the inner and outer portions of the kidney called?
The outer portion is called the Cortex and the inner dark portion is called the Renal Medulla
The portion of the kidneys?
The renal cortex is the outer portion of the kidney between the renal capsule and the renal medulla.
The portion of the kidneys is?
The renal cortex is the outer portion of the kidney between the renal capsule and the renal medulla.
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 medulla in the outer layer of the kidney?
No, the medulla is located in the inner portion of the kidney. It lies between the renal cortex and the renal sinus, and is where urine is formed and drained into the renal pelvis.
The outer section of the kidney is called the renal medulla?
false........ The renal medulla is not the outer section of the kidney
What is the medical term meaning outer layer of the kidney?
the outer layer of the kidney is fibrus capsule which surrounding the kidney.Bowman's CapsuleCortexThis is the cortex.
What is the name of the outer region of the kidney deep to the renal capsule?
The outer region of the kidney deep to the renal capsule is called the renal cortex.
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.
When you remove the renal capsule from a kidney what portion of the kidney becomes clearly visible?
When the renal capsule is removed from a kidney, the outer layer known as the cortex becomes clearly visible. The cortex is the region of the kidney that contains the renal corpuscles and the convoluted tubules where filtration and reabsorption occur in the process of urine formation.
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.
