Kidney Cortex Structure And Function. It contains the glomerulus and convoluted tubules. They are embedded in and held in position by a mass of adipose tissue.
And 1 ml leaves as urine the kidneys have many functions. Nephrons flow between these sections. Primitive and embryonic kidneys consist of two series of specialized tubules that empty into two collecting ducts the wolffian ducts see wolffian duct.
Deeper within the kidney at this junction is the renal pelvis a deltalike region of the kidney that drains urine into the ureter.
Each kidney has more than a million nephrons in the renal cortex which gives it a granular appearance on sagittal section. There are 2 types of nephrons. Kidney function every minute 1300 ml of blood enter the kidneys 1299 ml leave the kidney. The cortical nephrons which make up about 85 percent are found deep in the renal cortex while the juxtamedullary nephrons which make up about15 percent of total nephrons lie close to the.