Outlines of the clinical chemistry of urine / by C.A. Mac Munn.

  • Macmunn, Charles A., 1852-1911.
Date:
1889
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Credit: Outlines of the clinical chemistry of urine / by C.A. Mac Munn. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CLINICAL CHEMISTRY OF UKINE. chloride of sodium, accompany tlie water filtered throuoJi the Malpighian tufts. Let us examine the structure of the kidney for a few moments. On making a section (Fig. 1) parallel to its flat surface and through its middle, it is seen to be differentiated into two distinct parts—a cortical be- neath the surface and a medullary within it; the medullary Fig. 1.—Section of Kidney of Man. a, Cortical substance composed cliiefly of convoluted tubules ; the portiou.s between the medullary pyramids form the columns of Bertin, e. b, Pyramids of medullary substance, composed of straight tubes, &c., radiating towards cortex to form the pyramids of Ferrein. cl, Commencement of ureter leading from renal pelvis, c, Papillffi, wliere the tubes open into pelvis.—(Yeo's Physiology, after Cadiat.) is known also as the pyramidal part, being composed of about a dozen irregularly shaped pyramids,* whose apices project into the hollow part of the kidney, known as the pelvis of the kidney. Each pyramid is composed of bundles of tubes, which open by very small orifices at its apex, or papilla, into the pelvis. The spaces into which * j\Ialpighian ])yraniitls.