Glossary

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  • Tubulocyst

    The cystic dilatation of a functionless duct or canal.  

  • Tubuloalveolar

    Consisting of tubes and alveoli, as in a tubuloalveolar salivary gland.  

  • Tubulization

    A method of repairing severed nerves in which the nerve ends are placed in a tube of absorbable material.  

  • Tubulin

    A protein present in the microtubules of cells.  

  • Mesonephric tubule

    One of the embryonic tubules that in the female gives rise only to vestigial structures but in the male gives rise to the efferent ducts of the testes.  

  • Lactiferous tubule

    One of the lactiferous ducts of the breast. It provides a channel for the milk formed in the lobes of the breast to pass to the nipple.  

  • Dentinal tubule

    One of the very small canals in the dentin. These extend from the pulp cavity of the tooth to the enamel and are occupied by odontoblastic processes and occasional nerve filaments.  

  • Convoluted tubule of the kidney

    The proximal and distal convoluted tubules of the nephron that, with the loop of Henle and collecting tubule, form the renal tubule through which the glomerular filtrate passes before entering the renal pelvis.  

  • Collecting tubule

    One of the small ducts that receive urine from several renal tubules, which join together to provide a passage for the urine to larger straight collecting tubules (papillary ducts of Bellini) that open into the pelvis of the kidney.  

  • Tubouterine

    Relate to the fallopian tube and the uterus.