DeCS

Descriptor English:

Kidney Medulla

Descriptor Spanish:

Médula Renal

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	médula renal
Entry term(s)	papilas renales
Scope note:	Porción interna del riñón constituida por masas cónicas estriadas, las pirámides renales, cuyas bases están adyacentes a la corteza y los vértices forman prominentes papilas que se proyectan hacia la luz de los cálices menores.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Medula Renal

Descriptor French:

Médulla rénale

Entry term(s):

Médullaire rénale
Papille rénale
Papilles rénales

Tree number(s):

A05.810.453.466

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007679

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.

Allowable Qualifiers:

AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BS vascularisation
CH composition chimique
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
DG imagerie diagnostique
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
IR innervation
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SU chirurgie
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

7854

Unique ID:

D007679

NLM Classification:

WJ 301

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Date Established:

1979/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01