Term Name:	renal lobule
Synonyms:	cortical lobule, cortical lobule of kidney, kidney lobule, lobuli corticales renis, lobulus corticalis renalis, lobulus renalis, renal cortical lobule, renculus, reniculus, renunculus
Definition:	The portion of a renal lobe consisting of nephrons grouped around a single medullary ray and draining into a single collecting duct; human kidneys have multilobular, multipapillary architecture while mice and rats have unilobular, unipapillary kidneys
Ontology:	Cell Ontology [UBERON:0009914]