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://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0072056 http://anatomy.uams.edu/anatomyhtml/kidney.html ]
Synonyms: renal pyramid Malpighian pyramid
Term information
- BTO:0003926
- Wikipedia:Renal_pyramids
- FMA:258870
- NCIT:C12886
- NCIT:C33436
- SCTID:361328001
- MA:0001654
- UMLS:C1514613 (ncithesaurus:Pyramid_of_Malpighi)
- UMLS:C0227629 (ncithesaurus:Renal_Pyramid)
pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
renal medullary region
medullary pyramid
Malpighian pyramid
pyramid of Malphigi
pyramides renales
pyramis renalis
Malphigian pyramid
pyramid of Malpighi
Term relations
- organ part
- environment associated with an animal part or small animal
- part of some renal medulla
- contributes to morphology of some renal medulla