Key Histology Features

Instructions: Run your mouse over the histology slide want to view. Key histology features are described. If a link is present, click to view and listen to the histology audioslide.

(1) histology slide of kidney (low magnification) (2) histology slide of kidney (3) histology slide of kidney (4) histology slide of kidney (5) histology slide of kidney (phase microscopy) (6) histology slide of kidney (simple cuboidal epithelium) (7) histology slide of kidney (renal corpuscle)

Kidney

On a histology slide, the kidney can be identified by the presence of the renal corpuscle and kidney tubules. The tubules are lined by simple cuboidal epithelium (6). The renal corpuscle is surrounded by Bowman's capsule. The parietal layer of Bowman's capsule is simple squamous epithelium. A urinary space (which appears as a clear space) is visible on these histology slides: (2), (3), (4), (7). The glomerulus is a tuft of capillaries which appears a large cellular mass.