Urinary pole
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The urinary pole is a location on the renal corpuscle
opposite to the vascular pole
. At the urinary pole, the proximal convoluted tubules arises.
Renal corpuscle
In the kidney, a renal corpuscle is the initial blood-filtering component of a nephron. It consists of two structures: a glomerulus and a Bowman's capsule. The glomerulus is a small tuft of capillaries containing two cell types. Endothelial cells, which have large fenestrae, are not covered by...
opposite to the vascular pole
Vascular pole
The vascular pole is a location of the glomerulus. At the vascular pole, the afferent arterioles and efferent arterioles enter the Bowman's capsule.The urinary pole is at the other end....
. At the urinary pole, the proximal convoluted tubules arises.