Research Article

Morphological Characteristics of Renal Artery and Kidney in Rats

Table 1

Comparative morphometric values of the kidney in Wistar and Sprague-Dawley rat (mean ± SEM).

SD male ( )SD female ( )All SD ( )W male ( )W female ( )All W ( )

Live weight 279.5 ± 26.18237.0 ± 19.7258.26 ± 5.9192.9 ± 19.05171.93 ± 12.4182.4 ± 19.05
Right kidney weight1.218 ± 0.111.01 ± 0.0641.11 ± 0.0260.817 ± 0.1100.747 ± 0.0650.782 ± 0.095
Left kidney weight1.16 ± 0.0960.964 ± 0.1131.06 ± 0.0270.799 ± 0.1050.726 ± 0.0750.763 ± 0.097