kidney, the loop of Henle (English: /ˈhɛnli/) (or Henle's loop, Henle loop, nephron loop or its Latin counterpart ansa nephroni) is the portion of a nephron...

Within the nephron of the kidney, the ascending limb of the loop of Henle is a segment of the heterogenous loop of Henle downstream of the descending limb...

nephron of the kidney, the descending limb of loop of Henle is the portion of the renal tubule constituting the first part of the loop of Henle. The permeability...

Henle (German: [ˈhɛnlə]; 9 July 1809 – 13 May 1885) was a German physician, pathologist, and anatomist. He is credited with the discovery of the loop...

tubule); the loop of Henle, which has two parts, the descending loop of Henle ("descending loop") and the ascending loop of Henle ("ascending loop"); the distal...

consisting of the two continuous parts: descending limb of loop of Henle ascending limb of loop of Henle Both limbs of the loop of Henle are lined with...

function of the loop of Henle, which consists of two parallel limbs of renal tubules running in opposite directions, separated by the interstitial space of the...

membrane of cells along the thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle. They are often used for the treatment of hypertension and edema secondary to congestive...

cell Juxtaglomerular cell Kidney proximal tubule brush border cell Loop of Henle thin segment cell Thick ascending limb cell Kidney distal tubule cell...

output pipe. A circuit of fluid in the loop of Henle—an important part of the kidneys—allows for gradual buildup of the concentration of urine in the kidneys...

inherited disease characterised by a defect in the thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle, which results in low potassium levels (hypokalemia), increased blood...

[citation needed] Sodium is reabsorbed in the thick ascending limb of loop of Henle, by Na-K-2Cl symporter and Na-H antiporter. It goes against its chemical...

urine concentration and contains tubules with short and long loops of Henle. The loops of Henle are essential for urine concentration. Amongst the vertebrates...

in turn, the proximal convoluted tubule, the loop of Henle, the distal convoluted tubule, and a series of collecting ducts to form urine. Tubular reabsorption...

with loop of Henle. All three types of kidneys are developed from the intermediate mesoderm of the embryo. It is believed that the development of embryonic...

portion of the distal straight tubule (thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle), after which the distal convoluted tubule begins. The cells of the macula...

Active transepithelial transport is used by the thick ascending limb of loop of Henle (TAL) cells to pump NaCl to the surrounding interstitium from luminal...

of the blood out of the vessel and into the renal tubules. Flow continues through the renal tubules, including the proximal tubule, the loop of Henle...

rēctus, "straight"). They lie parallel to the loop of Henle. These vessels branch off the efferent arterioles of juxtamedullary nephrons (those nephrons closest...

(DCT) is a portion of kidney nephron between the loop of Henle and the collecting tubule. It is partly responsible for the regulation of potassium, sodium...

a loop of Henle, which is present in the nephrons of birds and mammals. Because of this, many reptiles use the colon to aid in the reabsorption of water...

descending limb of the Loop of Henle. These sites are freely permeable to water. Through osmotic effects, they also oppose the action of ADH in the collecting...

apparatus consists of three types of cells: the macula densa, in the distal straight tubule (thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle), after which the...

produced by the thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle of the mammalian kidney. While the monomeric molecule has a MW of approximately 85 kDa, it is physiologically...

Henle can refer to: Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, a German physician, pathologist and anatomist (1809–1885) Loop of Henle in the kidney, named after Henle...

lies between the loop of Henle and the nonsecretory part of the nephron and that is concerned especially with the concentration of urine Galactophorous...

reduces medullary osmolality and thus impairs the concentration of urine in the loop of Henle (which usually uses the high osmotic and solute gradient to...

the segment of the nephron in kidneys which begins from the renal (tubular) pole of the Bowman's capsule to the beginning of loop of Henle. At this location...

reabsorption of divalent cations (such as magnesium and calcium) in the thick ascending limb of Henle's loop of the kidney is impaired. This results in loss of magnesium...

part of the AER coordinates the differentiation of digits. Anatomical terms of location Anatomical terms of motion Ascending limb of loop of Henle Descending...