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Preferred term

Kidney Tubules, Proximal  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Proximal Kidney Tubule
  • Proximal Renal Tubule
  • Proximal Renal Tubules
  • Renal Tubule, Proximal
  • Renal Tubules, Proximal
  • Tubule, Proximal Renal
  • Tubules, Proximal Renal

Note

  • "descending tubules" = DESCENDING LIMB OF LOOP OF HENLE

Scope note

  • The renal tubule portion that extends from the BOWMAN CAPSULE in the KIDNEY CORTEX into the KIDNEY MEDULLA. The proximal tubule consists of a convoluted proximal segment in the cortex, and a distal straight segment descending into the medulla where it forms the U-shaped LOOP OF HENLE.

History note

  • 74(73)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007687

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