Renal column
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Kidney | ||||
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Latin | columnae renales | |||
Gray's | subject #253 1221 | |||
System | Urinary system | |||
The renal column (or Bertin column, or column of Bertin) is a medullary extension of the renal cortex in between the renal pyramids. It allows the cortex to be better anchored.
Each column consists of lines of blood vessels and urinary tubes and a fibrous material.
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External links
- renal+columns at eMedicine Dictionary
- 40:06-0106 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Posterior Abdominal Wall: Internal Structure of a Kidney"
- 01055 at CHORUS
- BU Histology Learning System: 15901loa - "Urinary System: neonatal kidney"
- Image at mgh.harvard.edu
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