Anatomy
renal cortex
re·nal cor·tex [ reen-l kawr-teks ]
Subclass of:
Kidney
Definitions related to cortex of kidney:
  • (kidney, cortex) The division of the renal parenchyma located between the renal capsule and the renal medulla, which contains glomeruli and tubules for filtering blood.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • (renal cortex) Outer part of the substance of the kidney, composed mainly of glomeruli and convoluted tubules.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (renal cortex) The outer part of the renal parenchyma beneath the renal capsule. It contains glomeruli and tubules.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (kidney cortex) The outer zone of the KIDNEY, beneath the capsule, consisting of KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; KIDNEY TUBULES, DISTAL; and KIDNEY TUBULES, PROXIMAL.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Region of parenchyma of kidney representing the outer portion.
    Foundational Model of Anatomy
    University of Washington, 2017
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