Hilum may refer to:
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Hilum (anatomy)
In human anatomy, the hilum (; plural hila), sometimes formerly called a hilus (; plural hili), is a depression or fissure where structures such as blood vessels and nerves enter an organ. Examples include:
* Hilum of kidney, admits the renal art ...
, a part of an organ where structures such as blood vessels and nerves enter the body
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Hilum (botany)
In botany, a hilum (pronounced ) is a scar or mark left on a seed coat by the former attachment to the ovary wall or to the funiculus (which in turn attaches to the ovary wall). On a bean seed, the hilum is called the "eye".
For some species of ...
, a scar on a seed or spore created by detachment
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Fovea (disambiguation)
Fovea () (Latin for "pit"; plural foveae ) is a term in anatomy. It refers to a pit or depression in a structure.
Human anatomy
*Fovea centralis of the retina
* Fovea buccalis or Dimple
* Fovea of the femoral head
* Trochlear fovea of the fr ...
, another term associated with pits or depressions in anatomy and botany
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Hila (disambiguation) Hila may refer to:
*plural form of Hilum
*Village in Israel: Mitzpe Hila
* Hila (given name), in Hebrew
* For the Islamic concept of "stratagem", see Ḥiyal
* Hila, Ambon, the town on the Indonesian island of Ambon where Fort Amsterdam was sited. ...
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Hilum of kidney
The renal hilum (Latin: ''hilum renale'') or renal pedicle is the hilum of the kidney, that is, its recessed central fissure where its vessels, nerves and ureter pass. The medial border of the kidney is concave in the center and convex toward eith ...
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Hilum of lung
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Hilum of lymph node
A lymph node, or lymph gland, is a kidney-shaped organ of the lymphatic system and the adaptive immune system. A large number of lymph nodes are linked throughout the body by the lymphatic vessels. They are major sites of lymphocytes that inclu ...
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Splenic hilum
The spleen is an organ found in almost all vertebrates. Similar in structure to a large lymph node, it acts primarily as a blood filter. The word spleen comes .
* Hailam, the Hokkien name for
Hainan
Hainan (, ; ) is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various islands in the South China Sea. , the largest and most populous island in China,The island of Taiwan, which is slightly l ...
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