Histological Study the Renal Corpuscle Distribution in Kidney of Sheep (Ovies Aries) in Middle Iraq

Abstract

The kidneys in animals are the main excretory structures of the body have a chief character in the keep of fluid and electrolyte equilibrium , control of the blood pressure. The aim of this study to determine the histological structure of renal corpuscles distribution of sheep. Twelve kidney of sheep male and female was collected from massacre middle of Iraq, tissue samples were processed, sectioned and subjected to specific stains to reveal histological details, this study reveal the kidney enclosed by thick capsule consist of dense connective tissue ,the kidneys consist of cortex and medulla, the cortex form the majority of the kidney and it made of large and small renal corpuscle, The renal corpuscles distribution in sub-capsular, mid-cortical and juxta-medullary zone. Renal corpuscle in the subscapular zone less numerically than in other zones, it increasing distribution toward the mid-cortical zone and the Juxta-medullary zone. The diameter of renal corpuscle in sub-capsular zone was less than in mid-cortical renal corpuscle and the juxta-medullary.