Preferred Name |
descending limb of loop of Henle |
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Synonyms |
loop of Henle descending limb descending limb of Henle's loop descending limb |
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Definitions |
The portion of the renal tubule that constitutes the proximal part of the loop of Henle, has low permeability to ions and urea, and is highly permeable to water; it consists of an initial short thick segment lined by low simple cuboidal epithelium and a long thin segment lined by simple squamous epithelium; however, this distinction is not as important physiologically as in the ascending limb, so often the two are treated as one structure. |
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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001289 |
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contributes to morphology of | ||
database_cross_reference |
NCIT:C32456 EMAPA:35511 UMLS:C0227657 Wikipedia:Descending_limb_of_loop_of_henle SCTID:245350001 FMA:17705 MA:0001679 |
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definition |
The portion of the renal tubule that constitutes the proximal part of the loop of Henle, has low permeability to ions and urea, and is highly permeable to water; it consists of an initial short thick segment lined by low simple cuboidal epithelium and a long thin segment lined by simple squamous epithelium; however, this distinction is not as important physiologically as in the ascending limb, so often the two are treated as one structure. |
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depiction |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Gray1128.png |
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has broad synonym |
descending limb |
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has exact synonym |
loop of Henle descending limb descending limb of Henle's loop |
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has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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id |
UBERON:0001289 |
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in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas |
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label |
descending limb of loop of Henle |
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notation |
UBERON:0001289 |
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part_of | ||
prefixIRI |
UBERON:0001289 |
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prefLabel |
descending limb of loop of Henle |
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RO_0002175 | ||
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subClassOf |