nephron tubule
An epithelial tube that is part of the nephron, the functional part of the kidney. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renal_tubule http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0072078 ]
Term info
nephron tubule
- kidney tubule
- tubulus renalis
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
note that in ISBN:0073040584 (Vertebrates, Kardong), the uriniferous tubule contains the nephron, so we have a separate class, rather than using a synonym, as in MA
UBERON:0004210
renal tubule
uberon
uriniferous tubule
UBERON:0001231
Term relations
- nephron epithelium
- renal tubule
- contributes to morphology of some nephron
- develops from some kidney mesenchyme