renal cortex (redirected from Kidney cortex)

cortex /cor·tex/ (kor´teks) pl. cor´tices   [L.] the outer layer of an organ or other structure, as distinguished from its inner substance.cor´tical

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adrenal cortex  the outer, firm layer comprising the larger part of the adrenal gland; it secretes many steroid hormones including mineralocorticoids, glucocorticoids, androgens, 17-ketosteroids, and progestins.

cerebellar cortex , cortex cerebella´ris the superficial gray matter of the cerebellum.

cerebral cortex , cortex cerebra´lis the convoluted layer of gray substance covering each cerebral hemisphere; see archicortex, paleocortex, and neocortex.

cortex len´tis  the softer, external part of the lens of the eye.

motor cortex  see under area.

provisional cortex  the cortex of the fetal adrenal gland that undergoes involution in early fetal life.

renal cortex , cortex re´nis the outer part of the substance of the kidney, composed mainly of glomeruli and convoluted tubules.

striate cortex  the part of the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex that is the primary receptive area for vision.

cortex of thymus  the outer part of each lobule of the thymus; it consists chiefly of closely packed lymphocytes (thymocytes) and surrounds the medulla.

visual cortex  the area of the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex concerned with vision.

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renal cortex

n.

The part of the kidney containing the glomeruli and the proximal and distal convoluted tubules.

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renal cortex,

the highly vascularized granular outer layer of the kidney, containing approximately 1.25 million glomeruli and convoluted tubules, which filter body wastes from the blood, reclaim useful materials, and dispose of the remainder as urine.

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cortex

pl. cortices [L.] an outer layer, as the bark of the trunk or root of a tree, or the outer layer of an organ or other structure, as distinguished from its inner substance.

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adrenal cortex

the outer, firm layer comprising the larger part of the adrenal gland; it secretes a number of hormones. See corticosteroid, aldosterone, mineralocorticoid, glucocorticoid.

cerebellar cortex

the superficial gray matter of the cerebellum.

cerebral cortex, cortex cerebri

the convoluted layer of gray matter covering each cerebral hemisphere. See also cerebral cortex.

renal cortex

the smooth-textured outer layer of the kidney, composed mainly of renal corpuscles and convoluted tubules, extending in columns between the pyramids.