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renal column

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001284

A column of tissue that is histologically identical to tissue found in the renal cortex, and which is located in the medullary region of kidney, between the renal pyramids. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1572-1316 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17449786 ]

Synonyms: kidney column, columna Bertini, renal cortical column, column of Bertini, renal column of Bertini

Term info

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas

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The renal columns have been thought of as being part of the medulla only because they are located in the inner, medullary region of the kidney, rather than in the outer, cortical region. Histologically, they are extensions of the renal cortex.

depicted by

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Illu_kidney2.jpg

has related synonym

columnae renales, column of Bertin, Bertin's column

has broad synonym

cortical column

id

UBERON:0001284

prefLabel

Renal column, renal column

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606