Preferred Label : renal medulla interstitium;
Uberon definition : tissue surrounding the loop of Henle in the renal medulla.;
Uberon synonym : renal medullary interstitium; kidney medulla interstitium; renal medullary interstitial tissue;
Uberon related term : medullary stroma;
Uberon narrow term : medullary interstitium;
Uberon Function note : It functions in renal water reabsorption by building up a high hypertonicity, which
draws water out of the thin descending limb of the loop of Henle and the collecting
duct system. This hypertonicity, in turn, is created by an efflux of urea from the
inner medullary collecting duct.;
Origin ID : 0005211;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Uberon cross reference
- part of
tissue surrounding the loop of Henle in the renal medulla.
