"Kidney Tubules" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Long convoluted tubules in the nephrons. They collect filtrate from blood passing through the KIDNEY GLOMERULUS and process this filtrate into URINE. Each renal tubule consists of a BOWMAN CAPSULE; PROXIMAL KIDNEY TUBULE; LOOP OF HENLE; DISTAL KIDNEY TUBULE; and KIDNEY COLLECTING DUCT leading to the central cavity of the kidney (KIDNEY PELVIS) that connects to the URETER.
| Descriptor ID |
D007684
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A05.810.453.736.560
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| Concept/Terms |
Kidney Tubules- Kidney Tubules
- Kidney Tubule
- Tubule, Kidney
- Tubules, Kidney
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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