medullary ray
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0009883
A renal, cortical lobule, consisting of the ascending or descending limbs of the loop of Henle or of the collecting tubules; medullary rays are regions where parallel arrays of straight tubules travel perpendicular to the capsule and extend from the cortex to the medulla. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_marrow_of_ovaryry_ray_(anatomy) MP:0011347 ]
Synonyms: Ferrein's pyramid, renal medullary ray, kidney medullary ray
Term info
- BTO:0001155
- FMA:74299
- EMAPA:37906 (MA:th)
- Wikipedia:Bone_marrow_of_ovaryry_ray_(anatomy)
pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
FMA says parenchyma, MP says cortex
Their name is potentially misleading -- the 'medullary' refers to their destination, not their location. They are located only in the renal cortex, and not in the renal medulla
uberon
UBERON:0009883
Medullary ray
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606
Term relations
- Cardinal organ part
- anatomical entity
- overlaps some nephron tubule
- part of some cortex of kidney
- contributes to morphology of some cortex of kidney