collecting tubule

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Related to collecting tubule: Distal convoluted tubule, Connecting tubule, papillary duct

collecting tubule

One of the small ducts that receive urine from several renal tubules, which join together to provide a passage for the urine to larger straight collecting tubules (papillary ducts of Bellini) that open into the pelvis of the kidney.

See: kidney for illus

See also: tubule

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Collecting tubule, proximal tubule, loop of Henle, distal tubule

Renal anatomy and overview of nephron function. (Continuing Education)

Immunolocalization studies showed MGP localized in embryonic ureters and collecting tubules also contained abundant fibronectin.

Matrix Gla protein binds to fibronectin and enhances cell attachment and spreading on fibronectin

ghanensis mites had initiated infection by invading the skin through the orifices of the hair follicles and meibomian glands through the main collecting tubules of the meibomian glands, respectively.

A study on the nature of association between Demodex mites and bacteria involved in skin and meibomian gland lesions of demodectic mange in cattle

The medullary interstitium is often scarred and collecting tubules typically contain elongated or rectangular urate crystals.

Crystalline nephropathies

DDAVP also results in a potent antidiuretic effect through the impairment of free water absorption by the distal tubules, collecting tubules, and collecting ducts by binding to the arginine vasopressin receptor and reducing water permeability [8].

Pitfalls in Interventional Pain Medicine: Hyponatremia after DDAVP for a Patient with Von Willebrand Disease Undergoing an Epidural Steroid Injection

There were very largely dilated collecting tubules and ducts with granular degeneration & sloughing out of lining epithelia.

Effect of fluoride on kidney of albino rabbit-an experimental study

TH inhibition with potassium perchlorate did not affect the expression of E-cadherin in the proximal tubules, but it down-regulates E-cadherin expression in the distal and collecting tubules during premetamorphosis.

Expression of cell adhesion molecules in the normal and T3 blocked development of the tadpole's kidney of Bufo arenarum (Amphibian, Anuran, Bufonidae)/ Expressao das moleculas de adesao celular no desenvolvimento normal e com a inibicao do hormonio tireoidea do rim nas larvas do Bufo arenarum (Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae)

Glomeruli, distal convoluted tubules, and collecting tubules were relatively spared in the vultures that had early lesions.

J Wildl Dis: Pathology and proposed pathophysiology of diclofenac poisoning in free-living and experimentally exposed oriental white-backed vultures (Gyps bengalensis)