<span>Nephrons consist of a renal corpuscle and a renal tubule. The renal corpuscles are located in the cortex of the kidney. The cortex is one of the two two parts of the kidney. The cortex is the outer zone of the kidney in </span><span>which </span>ultrafiltration<span> occurs.</span> The other part of the kidney is the renal medulla. the inner part.