kidney pyramid

Term ID

UBERON:0004200

Synonyms

• Malphigian pyramid
• Malpighian pyramid
• medullary pyramid
• pyramid
• pyramid of Malphigi
• pyramid of Malpighi
• pyramides renales
• pyramis renalis
• renal medullary region
• renal pyramid

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Definition

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

References

• BTO:0003926
• MA:0001654
• NCIT:C12886
• NCIT:C33436
• Renal:pyramids
• UMLS:C0227629
• UMLS:C1514613
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0227629
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C1514613
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/361328001

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Ontology

Cell Ontology