Figure 7: Light photomicrography of Kidney of rat after eight weeks of exposure to Cd Cl2, showing a vascular glomeruli (G) are enlarged, tightly filling the glomerular capsular space (CP),with flat epithelium lining the Bowman’s capsule (BC) Some cells of the proximal (X) and distal (D) convoluted tubular epithelium show features of oedema. Capillaries are filled with blood cells; some tubules contain single desquamated cells (black lines). H&E, x400.