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Answer for the clue "(anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ ", 5 letters:
hilus

Word definitions for hilus in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context anatomy English) A hilum.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; "the hilus of the kidney" [syn: hilum ] [also: hili (pl)]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hilus \Hi"lus\, n. [NL.] (Anat.) Same as Hilum , 2.

Usage examples of hilus.

Even Hili, still up on the cliff above and relatively safe, shouted along with them.