collecting tubule

American

noun

Anatomy.

the part of a nephron that collects the urine from the distal convoluted tubule and discharges it into the pelvis of the kidney.

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For example, the WNT7B and WNT11 family members identified by the genomic survey have previously been implicated in a paracrine signalling pathway that controls kidney collecting tubule length and diameter.

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