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hilum::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | point |
| Derivation | hilar |
Examples of hilum
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Katarzyna Dziekan sent us this lovely picture of a conker with a heart-shaped hilum.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Enlargement of the hilum is common with chronic and accelerated silicosis.
From the en.wikipedia.org
N8101 has a yellow seed with shiny luster and clear hilum, the scar formed on the seed when it detaches from the plant.
From the sciencedaily.com
The researchers first found that cells in the hilum region express a known marker for stem cells, called ALDH1.
From the sciencedaily.com
The left lung is then easily accessible and can be removed by cutting the bronchus, artery, and vein at the hilum.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The hilum of each kidney is a little below it, while its left end approximately touches the lower limit of the spleen.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The concave surface, the renal hilum, is the point at which the renal artery enters the organ, and the renal vein and ureter leave.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The same full section in the midportion of the left lung parallel to the hilum was used and embedded in the same manner for morphometric analyses.
From the nature.com
The hilum presents as a depression on the surface of the lymph node, which makes the otherwise spherical or ovoid lymph node bean-shaped.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Hilus: (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; "the hilus of the kidney"
- The scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle
- (hilar) of or relating to or located near a hilum
- The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support; The nucleus of a starch grain; A depression or fissure through which ducts, nerves, or blood vessels enter and leave a gland or organ. Also called porta
- (hilar) Refers to the area where nerves and blood vessels attach to an organ.
- (hilar) (HIGH-lar): Referring to the central portion of each lung where the bronchi, arteries, veins, and nerves enter and exit the lungs.
- (pl. hila, adj. hilate) (Erdtman, 1952)
- (pl: hilus) the depression in the medial surface of a lung that forms the opening through which the bronchus, blood vessels, and nerves pass
- In a basidiospore, the mark or scar on the apiculus or hilar appendix at the point of attachment to the sterigma; in a conidium, the scar on the spore left after detachment from the conidiogenous cell.
