The inner portion of the kidney consisting of the renal pyramids. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 MP:0003014 http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/smb ]
Synonyms: renal medullae set medulla of kidney pyramides renales renal pyramids set medulla renalis kidney medulla renal pyramids renal medullae
Term information
- galen:MedullaOfKidney
- GAID:425
- SCTID:30737000
- BTO:0001167
- MA:0000373
- EMAPA:19279
- Wikipedia:Renal_medulla
- NCIT:C12740
- CALOHA:TS-1157
- MESH:D007679
pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
Note that 'renal medulla' is not synonymous with 'medullary region of kidney'. The former is composed of kidney pyramids only, while the latter covers kidney pyramids and renal columns, which are histologically different.
Term relations
- medulla of organ
- contributes to morphology of some kidney
- has part some kidney pyramid
- capable of part of some renal water absorption
- part of some kidney