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distal convoluted tubule

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The first segment of the nephron lying just downstream from the loop of Henle, immediately after the macula densa. [ http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0072025 ]

Term info

Label

distal convoluted tubule

Synonyms
  • distal convoluted renal tubule
  • tubulus contortus distalis
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas

RO 0002175

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

UBPROP 0000009

in humans it is responsible for the reabsorption of about 5% of filtered sodium via the thiazide-sensitive Na-Cl symporter.

depicted by

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Kidney_nephron.png

external definition

a portion of kidney nephron between the loop of Henle and the collecting duct system[Wikipedia:Distal_convoluted_tubule].

has related synonym

second convoluted tubule, tubulus convolutus distalis, tubulus contortus distalis

id

UBERON:0001292