This image shows section  through the medulla of the kidney.   Note the many kidney tubules [pointed to by the blue arrows], which consist of collecting ducts and loops of Henle.  These tubules have been cut in cross section, revealing the fact  that they are formed from simple cuboidal epithelium.

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