- Look up
hilum in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Hilum may
refer to:
Hilum (anatomy), a part of an
organ where structures such as
blood vessels and nerves...
- The
renal hilum or
renal pedicle is the
recessed central fissure of the
kidney where its vessels,
nerves and
ureter p****. The
medial border of the kidney...
- In
human anatomy, the
hilum (/ˈhaɪləm/; pl.: hila),
sometimes formerly called a
hilus (/ˈhaɪləs/; pl.: hili), is a
depression or
fissure where structures...
- The root of the lung is a
group of
structures that
emerge at the
hilum of each lung, just
above the
middle of the
mediastinal surface and
behind the cardiac...
- In botany, a
hilum (pronounced /ˈhaɪləm/) is a scar or mark left on a seed coat by the
former attachment to the
ovary wall or to the
funiculus (which...
- the
outer cortex and the
inner medulla.
These are rich with cells. The
hilum is an
indent on the
concave surface of the
lymph node
where lymphatic vessels...
- The
hilum overlay sign is an
imaging appearance on
chest radiographs in
which the
outline of the
hilum can be seen at the
level of a m**** or collection...
- and
spleen (green) Near the
middle of the
spleen is a long fissure, the
hilum,
which is the
point of
attachment for the
gastrosplenic ligament and the...
-
nodes can be
defined as
solid nodes measuring more than 15 mm
without fatty hilum.
Axillary lymph nodes may be
normal up to 30 mm if
consisting largely of...
- the
renal pelvis,
renal calyces,
blood vessels,
nerves and fat. The
renal hilum extends into a
large cavity within the
kidney occupied by the
renal vessels...
