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Kidney Tubules

Medical Definition:

Kidney Tubules Categories.

	Kidney Tubules, Collecting - Straight tubes commencing in the radiate part of the kidney cortex where they receive the curved ends of the distal convoluted tubules. In the medulla the collecting tubules of each pyramid converge to join a central tube (duct of Bellini) which opens on the summit of the papilla.
	Kidney Tubules, Distal
	Kidney Tubules, Proximal
	Loop of Henle - The U-shaped portion of the NEPHRON consisting of a descending limb and an ascending limb situated between the KIDNEY TUBULES, PROXIMAL and the KIDNEY TUBULES, DISTAL.

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