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Definition of Renal cortex
1. Noun. The cortex of the kidney containing the glomeruli and the convoluted tubules.
Definition of Renal cortex
1. Noun. (anatomy) The outer region of the kidney, between the renal capsule and the renal medulla, consisting of the glomeruli and the proximal and distal convoluted tubules. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Renal cortex
1. The part of the kidney consisting of renal lobules in the outer zone beneath the capsule and also the lobules of the renal columns that are extensions inward between the pyramids; contains the renal corpuscles and the proximal and distal convoluted tubules. Synonym: cortex renis. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Renal Cortex
Literary usage of Renal cortex
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"The protein content renal cortex was measured by the ue of Lowry et al. ...
The technique em- for electron microscopy of the is- renal cortex and fractions ..."
2. Neoplastic Diseases: A Treatise on Tumors by James Ewing (1922)
"Displacement and imperfect development of renal tubules has been described by
Albarran in the renal cortex and capsule. Luzzato and Antona have traced the ..."
3. Transactions of the Southern Surgical and Gynecological Association (1913)
"The most numerous tumors of the renal cortex, the so-called ... The renal cortex
is also frequently the site of inclusions from the mesonephros and rarely ..."
4. Normal Histology and Microscopical Anatomy by Jeremiah Sweetser Ferguson (1904)
"... Malpighian pyramid is embedded in the adjacent renal cortex, and that portion
of the cortex which is interposed between the bases of adjacent pyramids, ..."
5. Normal histology and microscopical anatomy by Jeremiah Sweetser Ferguson (1904)
"The base of each Malpighian pyramid is embedded in the adjacent renal cortex,
and that portion of the cortex which is interposed between the bases of ..."
6. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1915)
"This might take place either directly, through the vessels of the fat capsule
itself, or indirectly, through the formation of lesions in the renal cortex or ..."
7. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"Pentobarbital anesthesia blunted the increases in aortic pressure and respiratory
activity and the reductions in vascular conductance ¡n the renal cortex, ..."
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