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

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database cross reference
  • NCIT:C32740
  • Wikipedia:Hilum_of_kidney
  • FMA:15610
  • UMLS:C0227608 (ncithesaurus:Hilar_Area_of_the_Kidney)
  • galen:HilumOfKidney
  • SCTID:279370006
depiction

https://cdn.humanatlas.io/digital-objects/ref-organ/kidney-male-left/v1.3/assets/3d-vh-m-kidney-l.glb

https://cdn.humanatlas.io/digital-objects/ref-organ/kidney-female-left/v1.3/assets/3d-vh-f-kidney-l.glb

https://cdn.humanatlas.io/digital-objects/ref-organ/kidney-female-right/v1.3/assets/3d-vh-f-kidney-r.glb

https://cdn.humanatlas.io/digital-objects/ref-organ/kidney-male-right/v1.3/assets/3d-vh-m-kidney-r.glb

id

UBERON:0008716

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