hilum

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Apex, base, hilum, and root  Left lung  Superior and inferior lobes  Fissure - oblique 

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  1. noun The scar on a seed, such as a bean, indicating the point of attachment to the funiculus.
  2. noun The nucleus of a starch grain.
  3. noun The area through which ducts, nerves, or blood vessels enter and leave a gland or organ.

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  • The splenic artery turns left and runs posteriorly with the splenic vein to the hilum of the spleen. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Slide 66: 56 Vessels Renal vein at hilum, renal artery 41 Renal artery 42 —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • The tail of the pancreas is angled sharply posterior from the body and extends a variable distance between the stomach and the upper renal pole toward the splenic hilum. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Splenic hilum, splenic vein 148 Spleen, stomach 149 Spleen, stomach 150 Transverse Flank Scans of the Spleen Spleen, kidney, stomach 151 Spleen, kidney, pancreas 152 Spleen, stomach 153 —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Slide 180: 170 Spleen 147 Spleen, kidney 148 Splenic hilum, splenic vein Block, Color Atlas of Ultrasound Anatomy © 2004 Thieme All rights reserved. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
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  1. Latin hīlum, trifle.

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  1. New Latin, from Latin hilum, said to have meant orig. ‘the eye of a bean,’ but used only in sense of ‘a little thing, bit, trifle’ (later the negative nihil, nil); said to be ult. a variant of filum, a thread: see file.
 

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