Renal pyramids

Renal pyramids
Renal pyramids
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1. Renal pyramid
2. Efferent artery
3. Renal artery
4. Renal vein
5. Renal hilum
6. Renal pelvis
7. Ureter
8. Minor calyx
9. Renal capsule		 10. Inferior renal capsule
11. Superior renal capsule
12. Afferent vein
13. Nephron
14. Minor calyx
15. Major calyx
16. Renal papilla
17. Renal column
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Vertical section of kidney.
Latin pyramides renales
Gray's subject #253 1221

Renal pyramids (or malpighian pyramids) are cone-shaped tissues of the kidney. The renal medulla is made up of 7 to 18 of these conical subdivisions (usually 7 in humans). The broad base of each pyramid faces the renal cortex, and its apex, or papilla, points internally. The pyramids appear striped because they are formed by straight parallel segments of nephrons.

Additional images

  • Frontal section through the kidney

The base of each pyramid originates at the corticomedullary border and the apex terminates in a papilla, which lies within a minor calyx, made of parallel bundles of urine collecting tubules.

See also

External links

v · d · eAnatomy: urinary system (TA A08, TH H3.06, GA 11.1215)
Abdomen
Layers
Renal tubule
Filtration
Pelvis

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