"Kidney Medulla" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D007679
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A05.810.453.466
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| Concept/Terms |
Kidney Medulla- Kidney Medulla
- Kidney Medullas
- Medulla, Kidney
- Medullas, Kidney
Kidney Papilla- Kidney Papilla
- Kidney Papillas
- Papilla, Kidney
- Papillas, Kidney
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Kidney Medulla" by people in Profiles.
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Changes in renal medulla gene expression in a pre-clinical model of post cardiopulmonary bypass acute kidney injury. BMC Genomics. 2014 Oct 21; 15:916.
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Editorial comment. Urology. 2013 Feb; 81(2):249-50; discussion 250.