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TUBULE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small tube
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tubule" is a kind of...):
tube; tube-shaped structure ((anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tubule"):
microtubule (a microscopically small tubule)
nephron; uriniferous tubule (any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney)
uveoscleral pathway (a tubule that drains excess aqueous humor)
seminiferous tubule (any of the numerous long convoluted tubules in the testis which are the sites where spermatozoa mature)
vasa efferentia (the several highly convoluted tubules that lead from the rete testis to the vas deferens and form the head of the epididymis)
trachea (one of the tubules forming the respiratory system of most insects and many arachnids)
Context examples:
Morphologically, it is characterized by the presence of Sertoli cells forming tubules.
(Benign Testicular Sertoli Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
The functional units of the kidney, consisting of the glomerulus and the attached tubule.
(Nephron, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A numeric representation combining three histologic reporting elements, tubule formation, nuclear pleomorphism and mitotic count, to determine the grade of breast cancer.
(Nottingham Score, NCI Thesaurus)
Mosquitoes have kidneys (Malpighian tubules) that excrete excess salt and water from their body fluid.
(Novel insecticide blocks mosquitoes’ ability to urinate, NIH)
Amiloride inhibits sodium channels located in the distal tubules and collecting ducts of the kidney, thereby preventing the absorption of sodium and increasing its excretion along with water, to produce naturesis.
(Amiloride, NCI Thesaurus)
Acute renal failure caused by the cell death of the renal tubules.
(Acute Renal Failure with Tubular Necrosis, NCI Thesaurus)
While normally expressed at low levels in the proximal tubules of the kidney, the type II transmembrane glycoprotein ENPP3 has been found to be overexpressed in renal neoplasms.
(Anti-ENPP3 Antibody-Drug Conjugate AGS-16C3F, NCI Thesaurus)
In contrast, the tumor cells form small discrete tubules.
(Appendix Tubular Carcinoid, NCI Thesaurus)
While normally expressed at low levels in the proximal tubules of the kidney, AGS-16 has been found to be overexpressed in more than 95% of kidney and 40% of liver neoplasms.
(Anti-AGS-16 Monoclonal Antibody AGS-16M18, NCI Thesaurus)
Disulfamide inhibits CA, thereby preventing sodium, bicarbonate and thus water reabsorption in the proximal convoluted tubule resulting in diuresis.
(Disulfamide, NCI Thesaurus)
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