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Descriptor English: Kidney Tubules, Distal
Descriptor Spanish: Túbulos Renales Distales
Descriptor túbulos renales distales
Entry term(s) túbulo contorneado distal
túbulo distal
Scope note: Porción de la nefrona situada entre el asa de Henle ascendente y el túbulo colector del riñón. (Diccionario Mosby. 5a ed. Madrid: Harcourt España, 2000, p.1281)
Descriptor Portuguese: Túbulos Renais Distais
Descriptor French: Tubules contournés distaux
Entry term(s): Distal Kidney Tubule
Distal Kidney Tubules
Distal Renal Tubule
Distal Renal Tubules
Kidney Tubule, Distal
Renal Tubule, Distal
Renal Tubules, Distal
Tubule, Distal Kidney
Tubule, Distal Renal
Tubules, Distal Kidney
Tubules, Distal Renal
Tree number(s): A05.810.453.736.560.540
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007686
Scope note: The portion of renal tubule that begins from the enlarged segment of the ascending limb of the LOOP OF HENLE. It reenters the KIDNEY CORTEX and forms the convoluted segments of the distal tubule.
Annotation: "ascending tubules" = ASCENDING LIMB OF LOOP OF HENLE
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Kidney Tubules (1966-1972)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under KIDNEY TUBULES 1973-90
History Note: 91(73); was see under KIDNEY TUBULES 1973-90
DeCS ID: 7864
Unique ID: D007686
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2005/06/30
Kidney Tubules, Distal - Preferred
Concept UI M0012027
Scope note The portion of renal tubule that begins from the enlarged segment of the ascending limb of the LOOP OF HENLE. It reenters the KIDNEY CORTEX and forms the convoluted segments of the distal tubule.
Preferred term Kidney Tubules, Distal
Entry term(s) Distal Kidney Tubule
Distal Kidney Tubules
Distal Renal Tubule
Distal Renal Tubules
Kidney Tubule, Distal
Renal Tubule, Distal
Renal Tubules, Distal
Tubule, Distal Kidney
Tubule, Distal Renal
Tubules, Distal Kidney
Tubules, Distal Renal



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