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Urogenital System > Urinary Tract > Kidney > Kidney Medulla

Preferred term

Kidney Medulla  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Kidney Papilla
  • Kidney Papillas
  • Papilla, Kidney
  • Papillas, Kidney

Scope note

  • The internal portion of the kidney, consisting of striated conical masses, the renal pyramids, whose bases are adjacent to the cortex and whose apices form prominent papillae projecting into the lumen of the minor calyces.

History note

  • 79(73); was see under KIDNEY 1975-78

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • medulla renalis
  • medulla renis
  • munuaisen ydin
  • munuaisen ydinkerros
  • munuaisten ydin
  • munuaisten ydinkerros
  • Swedish

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007679

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