The collecting duct is a portion of the nephron through which water flows, moving passively down its concentration gradient. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collecting_tubule http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0072044 ]
Synonyms: tubulus renalis colligens tubulus renalis arcuatus collecting duct kidney collecting duct renal collecting tubule
Term information
- ZFA:0005294
- GAID:434
- EV:0100391
- Wikipedia:Collecting_tubule
- FMA:15628
- MESH:D007685
- CALOHA:TS-0860
- BTO:0000761
- EMAPA:28407
- MA:0000371
- SCTID:28202009
- TAO:0005294
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas
junctional tube
kidney collecting tubule
arcuate renal tubule
collecting tubule
ureteric tree
collecting duct system
Term relations
- excretory tube
- contributes to morphology of some kidney
- part of some renal collecting system
- part of some nephron