An epithelial tube that is part of the nephron, the functional part of the kidney. [ http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0072078 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renal_tubule ]
Synonyms: kidney tubule tubulus renalis
Term information
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/361332007
- EFO:0003666
- NCIT:C49274
- MESH:D007684
- CALOHA:TS-1262
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renal_tubule
- BTO:0000343
- ZFA:0001287
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0022674
- FMA:15627
- EMAPA:27782
- MA:0000377
- EV:0100387
- GAID:433
- TAO:0001287
- UMLS:C0022674 (ncithesaurus:Renal_Tubule)
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
note that in ISBN:0073040584 (Vertebrates, Kardong), the uriniferous tubule contains the nephron, so we have a separate class, rather than using a synonym, as in MA
Term relations
- nephron epithelium
- renal tubule
- contributes to morphology of some nephron
- develops_from some kidney mesenchyme