Definition of tubules. Meaning of tubules. Synonyms of tubules

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Definition of tubules

Tubule
Tubule Tu"bule, n. [F. tubule, or L. tubulus, dim. of tubus a tube, a pipe.] 1. A small pipe or fistular body; a little tube. 2. (Anat.) A minute tube lined with glandular epithelium; as, the uriniferous tubules of the kidney.

Meaning of tubules from wikipedia

- anatomical structure. Collecting tubules: terminal channels of the nephrons Cuvierian tubules: clusters of sticky tubules located at the base of the respiratory...
- takes place in the seminiferous tubules. During ****togenesis, the DNA of ****togenic cells in the seminiferous tubules is subject to damage from such...
- renal tubules and is either p****ive, due to diffusion, or active, due to pumping against a concentration gradient. Secretion also occurs in the tubules and...
- T-tubules (transverse tubules) are extensions of the cell membrane that penetrate into the center of skeletal and cardiac muscle cells. With membranes...
- describe the lumen of proximal tubules as occluded or "dirty-looking", in contrast to the "clean" appearance of distal tubules, which have quite different...
- hindgut. Most tubules are normally highly convoluted. The number of tubules varies between species although most occur in multiples of two. Tubules are usually...
- The tubules are readily regenerated, a process that takes about 17 days in Holothuria leucospilota and five w****s in Holothuria forskali. The tubules contain...
- convoluted tubule, the most distal segment of the renal tubule. Connecting tubules from several adjacent nephrons merge to form cortical collecting tubules, and...
- The distal convoluted tubule (DCT) is a portion of kidney nephron between the loop of Henle and the collecting tubule. It is partly responsible for the...
- Bowman's capsule surrounding it. The mesonephric tubule is also known as the Wolffian tubules (or Kobelt's tubules). On the medial side of the mesonephric duct...