Microanatomical Studies on the Renal Cortex Of Guinea Fowl

In the renal cortex of guinea fowl, cortical and juxta-medullary renal corpuscles were observed. The intermediate renal corpuscles could not be noticed. The cortical renal corpuscles were distributed throughout the cortex but concentrated more in the periphery of the cortex. The cortical renal corpuscles were found to be numerous than that of juxtamedullary corpuscles in guinea fowl. Proximal convoluted tubules of nephrons were distributed throughout the cortex along with other segments of nephrons. The brush border of the proximal convoluted tubules was positive to PAS along with the basement membrane of cells, in all age groups studied except in day-old. Further, the microanatomical studies of other components of nephrons in the cortex were discussed.