The portion of a kidney consisting of a renal medullary pyramid and the renal cortex above it[MP]. It is composed of many renal lobules[WP]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renal_lobe MP:0011381 ]
Synonyms: lobi renalis kidney lobe lobus renalis
Term information
- Wikipedia:Renal_lobe
- FMA:17881
- UMLS:C0736382 (ncithesaurus:Kidney_Lower_Lobe)
- NCIT:C32894
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human kidneys have multilobar (multipyramidal) architecture while mice and rats have unilobar (unipyramidal) kidneys
Term relations
- anatomical lobe
- environment associated with an animal part or small animal
- contributes to morphology of some kidney