Skip to main content

Medical Subject Headings (thesaurus)

Search from vocabulary

Concept information

... > Urogenital System > Urinary Tract > Kidney > Nephrons > Kidney Tubules > Kidney Tubules, Collecting

Preferred term

Kidney Tubules, Collecting  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Straight tubes commencing in the radiate part of the kidney cortex where they receive the curved ends of the distal convoluted tubules. In the medulla the collecting tubules of each pyramid converge to join a central tube (duct of Bellini) which opens on the summit of the papilla.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Kidney Collecting Duct
  • Kidney Collecting Ducts

In other languages

  • French

  • Tube collecteur rénal
  • Tubes collecteurs rénaux
  • Tubule collecteur rénal
  • Tubule rénal collecteur
  • Tubules rénaux collecteurs

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-BK9S5LBK-V

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 1/23/78, last modified 7/5/06