A – Renal corpuscle
B – Proximal tubule
C – Distal convoluted tubule
D – Juxtaglomerular apparatus
1. Basement membrane (Basal lamina)
2. Bowman's capsule – parietal layer
3. Bowman's capsule – visceral layer
3a. Pedicels (podocytes)
3b. Podocyte
4. Bowman's space (urinary space)
5a. Mesangium – Intraglomerular cell
5b. Mesangium – Extraglomerular cell
6. Granular cells (Juxtaglomerular cells)
7. Macula densa
8. Myocytes (smooth muscle)
9. Afferent arteriole
10. Glomerulus Capillaries
11. Efferent arteriole
I loved this picture so much, i had to put it here . It beautifully depicts the whole microscopic anatomy of the Renal corpuscle including the glomerulus with podocytes, juxtaglomerular cells , macula densa etc .
NOTE : I am not the original author of this image . Michał Komorniczak, Polish wikipedist is the author of this image and the whole credit goes to him .
