convoluted tubule

convoluted tubule
convoluted tubule n
1) PROXIMAL CONVOLUTED TUBULE
2) DISTAL CONVOLUTED TUBULE

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a channel that follows a tortuous course; see tubulus contortus distalis, tubulus contortus proximalis, and tubuli seminiferi contorti.

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