distal straight tubule
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thin tubule — part of the renal tubule where the walls are especially thin, extending from the proximal straight tubule to the distal straight tubule; this concept is now considered outdated. Called also tubulus attenuatus … Medical dictionary
Tubule — A small tube. * * * A small tube. SYN: tubulus [TA]. [L. tubulus, dim. of tubus, tube] Albarran y Dominguez tubules SYN: Albarran glands, under gland. connecting t. a narrow arching t. of the kidney joining the distal convoluted t. and the… … Medical dictionary
Proximal tubule — Infobox Anatomy Name = Proximal Convoluted Tubule Latin = tubulus contortus proximalis GraySubject = 253 GrayPage = 1223 Caption = Scheme of renal tubule and its vascular supply. (1st convoluted tubule labeled at center top.) Caption2 = 1… … Wikipedia
tubulus contortus distalis — distal convoluted tubule: a distal, convoluted part of the ascending limb of the renal tubule, extending from the distal straight tubule to the connecting tubule … Medical dictionary
tubulus rectus distalis — distal straight tubule: part of the renal tubule that is primarily on ascending limb and extends from the thin tubule to the distal convoluted tubule. Called also thick ascending limb … Medical dictionary
ansa nephroni — a long, U shaped part of the renal tubule, extending through the medulla from the end of the proximal convoluted tubule to the beginning of the distal convoluted tubule. It begins with a descending limb having a thick walled segment called the… … Medical dictionary
Thick ascending limb of loop of Henle — Scheme of renal tubule and its vascular supply. (Labeled at center left.) … Wikipedia
macula densa — macula den·sa den sə n a group of modified epithelial cells in the distal convoluted tubule of the kidney that lie adjacent to the afferent arteriole just before it enters the glomerulus and control renin release by relaying information about the … Medical dictionary
zona externa medullae renalis — [TA] outer zone of renal medulla: the part of the renal medulla nearest to the cortex, containing part of the distal straight tubule and the medullary collecting tubule. It is subdivided into the inner stripe and the outer stripe … Medical dictionary
Nephron — For the drug with trade name Nephron, see Epinephrine. Nephron Nephron of the kidney without juxtaglomerular apparatus Latin nephroneum Gray s … Wikipedia
