An epithelial tube that is part of the nephron, the functional part of the kidney. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renal_tubule http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0072078 ]
Synonyms: kidney tubule tubulus renalis
Term information
- UMLS:C0022674 (ncithesaurus:Renal_Tubule)
- TAO:0001287
- EV:0100387
- CALOHA:TS-1262
- SCTID:361332007
- GAID:433
- EMAPA:27782
- Wikipedia:Renal_tubule
- BTO:0000343
- MESH:D007684
- EFO:0003666
- NCIT:C49274
- ZFA:0001287
- FMA:15627
- MA:0000377
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas
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
- has part some renal principal cell
- develops from some kidney mesenchyme