• The thin segment is described as a U-shaped band, consisting of the two continuous parts: descending limb of loop of Henle ascending limb of loop of Henle...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    of loop of Henle: two segments of differing thickness (proximal portion lined by simple squamous epithelium is called the thin ascending limb of loop...
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    thin descending limb of loop of Henle borders with the thick ascending limb of loop of Henle: 837  The inner segment is the part of the collecting duct...
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    Renal medulla (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918))
    water out of the thin descending limb of the loop of Henle and the collecting duct system. Hypertonicity, in turn, is created by an efflux of urea from...
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    a thin segment of the tubule that is part of the loop of Henle. This segment is responsible for the concentration of urine and the reabsorption of water...
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    Kidney (redirect from Pole of kidney)
    glomerulus podocyte Kidney proximal tubule brush border cell Loop of Henle thin segment cell Thick ascending limb cell Kidney distal tubule cell Collecting...
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    apparently associated with expression of aquaporin 1 along a longer than usual segment of the descending limb of the loop of Henle in the kidney. In contrast, banner-tailed...
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    inner medullary interstitium in the basement membranes of the thin limbs of the loop of Henle. The calcium phosphate plaques can enlarge into the surrounding...
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    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...
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  • membrane and a layer of renal proximal tubule cells. The second segment of the tubules is the loop of Henle where the reabsorption of water and ions from...
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  • Tubular fluid is the fluid in the tubules of the kidney. It starts as a renal ultrafiltrate in the glomerulus, changes composition through the nephron...
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  • gynecological procedure and medical treatment used to treat involuntary leakage of urine: urinary incontinence in women. Injectional materials are used to control...
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    Aquaporin-1 (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the United States National Library of Medicine)
    apical plasma membranes of the proximal tubules, the descending limb of the loop of Henle, and in the descending portion of the vasa recta. Additionally...
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    tissue. A neuron consists of a cell body with a nucleus and cytoplasm, from which long thin hair-like parts arise. (large variety of types, still poorly classified)...
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    Parathyroid hormone (category Hormones of the parathyroid glands)
    throughout the tubule (most, 60-70%, of it in the proximal tubule), except in the thin segment of the loop of Henle. Circulating parathyroid hormone only...
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