ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -renal pyramid, any of the triangular sections of tissue that constitute the medulla, or inner substance, of the kidney.

Detailed explanation-2: -The medulla consists of a number of medullary pyramids, named because of their triangular shape. These are striped in appearance because they contain microscopic coiled tubes called nephrons, the functional unit of the kidney .

Detailed explanation-3: -The pyramids appear striped because they are formed by straight parallel segments of nephrons’ Loops of Henle and collecting ducts.

Detailed explanation-4: -Renal pyramids are kidney tissues that are shaped like cones. Another term for renal pyramids is malpighian pyramids. Between seven and eighteen pyramids exist in the innermost part of the kidney, which is called the renal medulla; in humans, there are usually only seven of the pyramids.

Detailed explanation-5: -In neuroanatomy, the medullary pyramids are paired white matter structures of the brainstem’s medulla oblongata that contain motor fibers of the corticospinal and corticobulbar tracts – known together as the pyramidal tracts.