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renal lobule
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The portion of a renal lobe consisting of nephrons grouped around a single medullary ray and draining into a single collecting duct; human kidneys have multilobular, multipapillary architecture while mice and rats have unilobular, unipapillary kidneys [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortical_lobule ]
Term info
Label
renal lobule
Synonyms
- kidney lobule
- lobulus renalis
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Alternate definition: One of the subdivisions of the kidney, consisting of a medullary ray and that portion of the convoluted port (renal corpuscles and convoluted tubules) associated with its collecting duct. -http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?lobulus+corticalis+renalis
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lobuli corticales renis, renal cortical lobule, cortical lobule, renculus, renunculus, cortical lobule of kidney, reniculus, lobulus corticalis renalis
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UBERON:0009914
Term relations
Subclass of:
- lobule
- anatomical entity
- has_part some medullary ray
- contributes to morphology of some kidney
- part of some renal lobe
- has_part some nephron