Tag Archives | Vertebrate Kidneys and Ducts

Basic Structure: In vertebrates, there is a pair of compact kidneys, lying dorsal to the coelom in trunk region, one on either side of vertebral column. A kidney is made of a large number of uriniferous tubules or nephrons. Their number, complexity and arrangement is different in different groups of vertebrates. The uriniferous tubules arise in an embryo from a [...]