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Descriptor English: Kidney Tubules, Proximal
Descriptor Spanish: Túbulos Renales Proximales
Descriptor túbulos renales proximales
Entry term(s) túbulo contorneado proximal
túbulo proximal
Scope note: Porción de la nefrona situada entre el asa de Henle descendente y el glomérulo renal. (Diccionario Mosby. 5a ed. Madrid: Harcourt España, 2000, p.1281)
Descriptor Portuguese: Túbulos Renais Proximais
Descriptor French: Tubules contournés proximaux
Entry term(s): Kidney Tubule, Proximal
Proximal Kidney Tubule
Proximal Kidney Tubules
Proximal Renal Tubule
Proximal Renal Tubules
Renal Tubule, Proximal
Renal Tubules, Proximal
Tubule, Proximal Kidney
Tubule, Proximal Renal
Tubules, Proximal Kidney
Tubules, Proximal Renal
Tree number(s): A05.810.453.736.560.570
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007687
Scope note: The renal tubule portion that extends from the BOWMAN CAPSULE in the KIDNEY CORTEX into the KIDNEY MEDULLA. The proximal tubule consists of a convoluted proximal segment in the cortex, and a distal straight segment descending into the medulla where it forms the U-shaped LOOP OF HENLE.
Annotation: "descending tubules" = DESCENDING 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: 74
History Note: 74(73)
DeCS ID: 7865
Unique ID: D007687
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Date Established: 1974/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2005/06/30
Kidney Tubules, Proximal - Preferred
Concept UI M0012028
Scope note The renal tubule portion that extends from the BOWMAN CAPSULE in the KIDNEY CORTEX into the KIDNEY MEDULLA. The proximal tubule consists of a convoluted proximal segment in the cortex, and a distal straight segment descending into the medulla where it forms the U-shaped LOOP OF HENLE.
Preferred term Kidney Tubules, Proximal
Entry term(s) Kidney Tubule, Proximal
Proximal Kidney Tubule
Proximal Kidney Tubules
Proximal Renal Tubule
Proximal Renal Tubules
Renal Tubule, Proximal
Renal Tubules, Proximal
Tubule, Proximal Kidney
Tubule, Proximal Renal
Tubules, Proximal Kidney
Tubules, Proximal Renal



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