Anatomy
renal medulla
re·nal me·dul·la [ reen-l muh-duhl-uh ]
Subclass of:
Kidney
Definitions related to medulla of kidney:
  • (kidney, medulla) The deepest division of the renal parenchyma, comprising the renal pyramids, which contain a dense network of nephrons, all of which are part of the blood filtration process.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • (renal medulla) Internal portion of the kidney, consisting of striated conical masses, the renal pyramids, whose bases are adjacent to the cortex and whose apices form prominent papillae projecting into the lumen of the minor calyces.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (renal medulla) The inner part of the renal parenchyma. It consists mostly of collecting tubules and is organized in sections called pyramids.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (kidney medulla) The internal portion of the kidney, consisting of striated conical masses, the renal pyramids, whose bases are adjacent to the cortex and whose apices form prominent papillae projecting into the lumen of the minor calyces.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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