Renal Cortex

By: Tim Taylor

Medically reviewed by: Stephanie Curreli, MD, PhD

Last Updated: Jun 9, 2015

The renal cortex is where several of the distal convoluted tubules merge and form a collecting duct, which in turn passes into the renal medulla, becoming larger and larger as it joins other collecting ducts, the resulting tube is called the papillary duct.

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