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Several large collecting ducts approach the end of a medullary pyramid (i.e., close to their opening into the pelvis).  The transitional epithelium of the renal pelvis is continuous with that of the ureters and bladder.

Historical note:  Collecting ducts may also be called "ducts of Bellini," after Lorenzo Bellini, the 17th century Italian anatomist who first described them.

Click on thumbnail to left for a higher magnification image of a collecting duct.

Click on thumbnail to right for higher magnification of transitional epithelium.

 

 

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SIUC / School of Medicine / Anatomy / David King

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Last updated:  30 May 2022 / dgk