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. [ MP:0011347 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_marrow_of_ovaryry_ray_(anatomy) ]
Synonyms: Ferrein's pyramid renal medullary ray kidney medullary ray
Term information
pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
Their name is potentially misleading -- the 'medullary' refers to their destination, not their location. They are located only in the renal cortex, and not in the renal medulla
Term relations
- organ part
- environment associated with an animal part or small animal
- overlaps some nephron tubule
- part of some cortex of kidney
- contributes to morphology of some cortex of kidney