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collecting duct of renal tubule

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The collecting duct is a portion of the nephron through which water flows, moving passively down its concentration gradient [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collecting_tubule http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0072044 ]

Term info

Label

collecting duct of renal tubule

Synonyms
  • collecting duct
  • kidney collecting duct
  • renal collecting tubule
  • tubulus renalis arcuatus
  • tubulus renalis colligens
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

external definition

Renal duct that collects the output from renal tubules.[TAO]

external ontology notes

in ISBN:0073040584 (Vertebrates, Kardong), the nephron is adjacent to the collecting tubule, consistent with FMA, but not GO. Wikipedia says: Many sources include the connecting tubule as part of the collecting duct system. However, the embryological origin is more similar to the nephron than it is to the rest of the collecting duct (which derives from the ureteric bud), and other sources therefore classify the connecting tubule with the nephron

has related synonym

junctional tube, kidney collecting tubule, arcuate renal tubule, collecting tubule, ureteric tree, collecting duct system

id

UBERON:0001232