- 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...
- In
human anatomy, the
hilum (/ˈhaɪləm/; pl.: hila),
sometimes formerly called a
hilus (/ˈhaɪləs/; pl.: hili), is a
depression or
fissure where structures...
- 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
renal hylus (Latin:
hylus renale) or
renal pedicle is the
hylus of the kidney, that is, its
recessed central fissure where its vessels,
nerves and...
- 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...
- 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...
- rest
against the heart. Both
lungs have a
central recession called the
hilum,
where the
blood vessels and
airways p**** into the
lungs making up the root...
