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Kidney Dissection

Obtain a preserved sheep kidney.

• (^) Observe the kidney. You should notice a dipose tissue (remna nts of the adipose ca psule) clinging to the renal capsule.

• (^) Dissected Kidney
• (^) 1.Renal Capsule
• (^) 2. Renal Cortex
• (^) 3. Renal Medulla
• (^) 4.Renal Pyramid
• (^) 5.Renal Pelvis
• (^) 6.Renal Column
• (^) 7.Renal Calyx
• (^) 8.Ureter

1. You should also notic e a "pinched-in" area where the renal blood vessels and ureter ar e attached to the kidn ey. This is the renal h ilus .

• (^) Remove the renal cap sule by carefully cutting through it and grabbing the cut capsule with forceps.

• (^) Generally, the tube with the most adipose around it is the ureter. Notice the histological differences (and similarities) between the renal arteries, renal veins, and ureter.

• (^) Carefully make a frontal (coronal) section through the kidney.

1. renal pyramid
   ureter 7. renal pelvis
2. renal papilla
   5. renal vein
      8. renal column
3. calyx 9. cortex