kidney tubule

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• Kidney development — Kidney development, or nephrogenesis, describes the embryologic origins of the kidney, a major organ in the urinary system. It is often considered in the broader context of the development of the urinary and reproductive organs. Contents 1 Phases …   Wikipedia

• Kidney cancer — Classification and external resources Micrograph showing the most common type of kidney cancer (clear cell renal cell carcinoma). H E stain …   Wikipedia

• Tubule — Tu bule, n. [F. tubule, or L. tubulus, dim. of tubus a tube, a pipe.] 1. A small pipe or fistular body; a little tube. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) A minute tube lined with glandular epithelium; as, the uriniferous tubules of the kidney. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Kidney — For other uses, see Kidney (disambiguation). Kidney Human kidneys viewed from behind with spine removed Latin ren Artery …   Wikipedia

• Kidney — One of a pair of organs located in the right and left side of the abdomen which clear "poisons" from the blood, regulate acid concentration and maintain water balance in the body by excreting urine. The kidneys are part of the urinary… …   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

• tubule — an element of the fish kidney …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• tubule — [ tju:bju:l] noun 1》 a minute tube, especially as an anatomical structure. 2》 Anatomy each of the long, fine, convoluted tubules conveying urine from the glomeruli to the renal pelvis in the vertebrate kidney. Origin C17: from L. tubulus, dimin.… …   English new terms dictionary

• Distal convoluted tubule — Kidney nephron ( 1st proximal convoluted tubule , 2nd distal convoluted tubule ) …   Wikipedia

• mucous tubule — a special kidney tubule which produces a granular slime like substance in the Gasterosteidae …   Dictionary of ichthyology