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Preferred term

Kidney Tubules, Distal  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Distal Kidney Tubule
  • Distal Renal Tubule
  • Distal Renal Tubules
  • Renal Tubule, Distal
  • Renal Tubules, Distal
  • Tubule, Distal Renal
  • Tubules, Distal Renal

Note

  • "ascending tubules" = ASCENDING LIMB OF LOOP OF HENLE

Scope note

  • The portion of renal tubule that begins from the enlarged segment of the ascending limb of the LOOP OF HENLE. It reenters the KIDNEY CORTEX and forms the convoluted segments of the distal tubule.

History note

  • 91(73); was see under KIDNEY TUBULES 1973-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007686

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