The first segment of the nephron lying just downstream from the loop of Henle, immediately after the macula densa. [ http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0072025 ]
Synonyms: tubulus contortus distalis distal convoluted renal tubule
Term information
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0022676
- EV:0100389
- NCIT:C32469
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distal_convoluted_tubule
- UMLS:C0022676 (ncithesaurus:Distal_Convoluted_Tubule)
- MA:0001666
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/361336005
- EMAPA:28393
- FMA:17721
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
a portion of kidney nephron between the loop of Henle and the collecting duct system[Wikipedia:Distal_convoluted_tubule].
in humans it is responsible for the reabsorption of about 5% of filtered sodium via the thiazide-sensitive Na-Cl symporter.