Kidney pyramids are the conical arrangements of tubules that constitute the renal medulla in a multi-lobed mammalian kidney; they contain the loops of Henle and the medullary collecting ducts. [ http://anatomy.uams.edu/anatomyhtml/kidney.html http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0072056 ]
Synonyms: renal pyramid Malpighian pyramid
Term information
- FMA:258870
- NCIT:C12886
- NCIT:C33436
- Wikipedia:Renal_pyramids
- BTO:0003926
- MA:0001654
- SCTID:361328001
pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
renal medullary region
medullary pyramid
Malpighian pyramid
pyramides renales
pyramis renalis
pyramid of Malpighi