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An interactive augmented reality tool allowing to visualize a kidney up to a microscopic level and with an unexampled level of biological accuracy based on the most recent research. While most students tackle the subject of anatomy as a memory-based task, those who associate it with comprehension, integration with other disciplines and visualization at different levels, in particular microscopic, showcase better performance in terms of knowledge acquisition. Teaching tends towards an integration between anatomy and histology within the same tool. Moreover, the use of a visualization tool of anatomical structures in 3D is a real opportunity to explain the pathology to patients and to involve them in the treatments given by healthcare professionals.