== Kidney ==
[[File:HistologicChapter15Kidney.jpg|thumb|200px|Kidney]]
A good knowledge of normal kidney histology is essential for the understanding of various diseases of the kidney.
=== Slide 117, Kidney (Masson) ===
[[File:HistologicChapter15KidneyLabelled.jpg|thumb|200px|Kidney]]
Observe Slide 117, kidney (Masson) with the unaided eye to distinguish the lighter stained medulla from the more peripheral and darker-staining cortex. Now, with low and medium powers of the microscope identify:
=== Slide 118, Kidney (PASH) ===
[[File:HistologicChapter15Glomerulus.jpg|thumb|200px|Glomerulus]][[File:HistologicChapter15Kidney4.jpg|thumb|200px|Kidney]][[File:HistologicChapter15Kidney5.jpg|thumb|200px|Kidney]]
The renal corpuscles on Slide 118, Kidney (PASH) are to be studied in detail.
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== Ureter And and Urinary Bladder ==
=== Ureter ===
=== Urinary Bladder ===
[[File:HistologicChapter15Bladder.jpg|thumb|200px|Urinary Bladder]]
The urinary bladder consists of a mucosa, a muscularis and an adventitia that is either a fibrosa (where it blends with the connective tissue of surrounding structures) or a serosa (found only on the superior surface where the bladder is covered with peritoneum).