Pedicle

Pedicle or pedicel may refer to:

Human anatomy

• Pedicle of vertebral arch, the segment between the transverse process and the vertebral body, and is often used as a radiographic marker and entry point in vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty procedures
• Pedicle of a skin flap (medicine)
• Hilum of kidney, also called the renal pedicle
• Pedicel, a foot process of a renal podocyte

Animal anatomy

• Pedicle in brachiopods, a fleshy line used to attach and anchor brachiopods and some bivalve mollusks to a substrate
• Pedicle (cervidae), the attachment point for antlers in cervids
• Pedicel (antenna), the second segment of the antenna in the class Insecta, where the Johnston's organ is found
• Pedicel or petiole (insect), the stem formed by a restricted abdominal segment which connects the thorax with the gaster (the remaining abdominal segments) in the suborder Apocrita
• Pedicel (spider), the narrow segment connecting the cephalothorax with the abdomen

Other

• Pedicel (botany), the stalk of an individual flower
• Congo Pedicle, an area of DR Congo jutting into Zambia
• Zaire Pedicle, used for 'Congo Pedicle' during the time that DR Congo was called Zaire
• Congo Pedicle road, serving Zambian provinces either side of the Congo Pedicle