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thick ascending limb of loop of Henle

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the distal sub-portion of the ascending loop of Henle which is lined by simple cuboidal epithelium and enters the renal cortex to empty a hypotonic filtrate into the distal convoluted tubule [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/anna ]

Term info

Label

thick ascending limb of loop of Henle

Synonyms
  • ascending thick limb
  • distal straight tubule
  • loop of Henle ascending limb thick segment
  • straight portion of distal convoluted renal tubule
  • straight portion of distal convoluted tubule
  • thick ascending limb
  • thick ascending limb of Henle's loop
  • thick ascending limb of distal tubule
  • tubulus rectus distalis
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Gray1128.png

editor note

TODO - thick/thin check. Also - does the loop of Henle overlap the distal convoluted tubule? FMA divides DCT into straight and convoluted portions

has related synonym

tubulus rectus distalis

id

UBERON:0001291