A renal, cortical lobule, consisting of the ascending or descending limbs of the loop of Henle or of the collecting tubules; medullary rays are regions where parallel arrays of straight tubules travel perpendicular to the capsule and extend from the cortex to the medulla. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_marrow_of_ovaryry_ray_(anatomy) MP:0011347 ]
Synonyms: Ferrein's pyramid renal medullary ray kidney medullary ray
Term information
pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
Term relations
- organ part
- overlaps some nephron tubule
- part of some cortex of kidney
- contributes to morphology of some cortex of kidney