Hilum
The hilum or hilus is a Latin word, based on the original form hilum and literally means "stem".
- In botany , hilum or "navel" (seed navel, scar, germ or seed pit) refers to the point (the tear-off point) at which the ovule is connected to the funiculus .
- In mycology , Hilum denotes:
- in the case of a basidiospore, the scar at the point where the spore sat on the basidia during growth .
- in the case of conidiospores, the scar on the spore, which arises after detachment from the conidiogenic cell.
- In anatomy since the 19th century, a hilus is the gateway at which blood vessels and nerves enter an organ . One speaks, for example, of the liver, lung, spleen or kidney hilus. There is no hilus in organs that have a vascular supply via several vessels and at different locations (for example in the intestine or the urinary bladder)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Werner Golder: Hilus / Hilum: A verballhorn anatomical term. In: Würzburg medical historical research. Volume 18, 1999, pp. 167-175.
- ^ R. Schubert, K. Werner, H. Meusel (arr.); Werner Rothmaler : Excursion flora from Germany. Volume 2, 15th edition. Verlag Volk und Wissen, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-06-012563-5 , p. 33.
- ↑ CA Grgurinovic: Fungi of Australia. Glossary. Site of the Australian Ministry of the Environment ( Memento of the original from March 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved February 29, 2008.
