Renal lobule

System Urinary
SNOMED CT 361330004

Renal lobule

Definition

The portion of a renal lobe consisting of nephrons grouped around a single medullary ray and draining into a single collecting duct; human kidneys have multilobular, multipapillary architecture while mice and rats have unilobular, unipapillary kidneys.

Also known as kidney lobule, lobulus renalis — per UBERON

The Renal lobule is a part of the Urinary.

Also identified as