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medullary ray
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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) ]
Term info
Label
medullary ray
Synonyms
- Ferrein's pyramid
- kidney medullary ray
- renal medullary ray
Subsets
pheno_slim
external ontology notes
FMA says parenchyma, MP says cortex
has obo namespace
uberon
id
UBERON:0009883
terminology notes
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
Subclass of:
- organ part
- anatomical entity
- has_part some (part of some nephron tubule)
- part of some cortex of kidney
- contributes to morphology of some cortex of kidney
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