What is renal cortex?

renal and kidney are the same so the answer is Yes. the cortex is the outer part of the kidney as opposed to the medulla, the inner part.

the most important functon of the renal cortex is production of erythropoietin by tubular cells.

Inside each kidney is the cortex,outer layer,in which the majority of the glomeruli are located, and the medulla, or inner section of tissue, which consists primarily of the tubules and collecting...

You develop kidney failure and will have to use a dialysis machine to clean the impurities out of your blood. This is common in the latter stages of diabetes.

The renal cortex is the part of the kidneys which mostly consists of nephrons and blood vessels. Its function is to filter blood and to remove the waste products inside the body. Nephrons are the...