ICAR AIEEA PG 2024 - Veterinary Science

In the visceral layer of Bowman's capsule, podocyte secondary processes (pedicels) interdigitate around glomerular capillaries, leaving narrow intercellular clefts called filtration slits (slit pores) of about 25–30 nm width, which are bridged by a thin slit diaphragm.

The macula densa is a specialized plaque of tall, closely packed epithelial cells located in the wall of the distal straight tubule (thick ascending limb of Henle's loop) directly where it contacts the vascular pole of its parent renal corpuscle between the afferent and efferent arterioles. Thus, statements (A) and (B) are correct.

The rete testis is an anastomosing network of delicate tubules located in the hilum/mediastinum of the testis (A), lined by simple cuboidal/squamous epithelium embedded in vascular loose connective tissue stroma (C), and its epithelial lining actively participates in secreting and modifying testicular fluid (B). Dense connective tissue is incorrect. Thus, (A), (B), and (C) are correct.