Medical Dictionary

renal papilla

noun

Medical Definition of RENAL PAPILLA

:  the apex of a renal pyramid which projects into the lumen of a calyx of the kidney and through which collecting tubules discharge urine

Illustration of RENAL PAPILLA

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