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distal convoluted tubule

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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

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uberon_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas

UBPROP 0000001

a portion of kidney nephron between the loop of Henle and the collecting duct system[Wikipedia:Distal_convoluted_tubule].

UBPROP 0000009

in humans it is responsible for the reabsorption of about 5% of filtered sodium via the thiazide-sensitive Na-Cl symporter.

depicted by

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Kidney_nephron.png

has related synonym

second convoluted tubule, tubulus convolutus distalis, tubulus contortus distalis

id

UBERON:0001292

prefLabel

Distal convoluted tubule

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606