An opening on medial margin of the kidney leading into the renal sinus. he renal vessels enter/leave the kidney at the hilum; the renal pelvis leaves the kidney at the hilum. [ http://anatomy.uams.edu/anatomyhtml/kidney.html ]
Synonyms: renal hilum hilar area of the kidney
Term information
- NCIT:C32740
- Wikipedia:Hilum_of_kidney
- FMA:15610
- UMLS:C0227608 (ncithesaurus:Hilar_Area_of_the_Kidney)
- galen:HilumOfKidney
- SCTID:279370006
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