| Term: | renal tubule brush border |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | renal tubule |
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| Synonyms: | mesonephric tubule, renal tubules |
| Definition: | Renal duct that collects filtrate from the renal corpuscle and transports it to the collecting duct. Different parts of the renal tubule reabsorb specific components of the filtrate to leave only waste. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001287] |
| Name: | brush border |
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| Definition: | The dense covering of microvilli on the apical surface of an epithelial cell in tissues such as the intestine, kidney, and choroid plexus; the microvilli aid absorption by increasing the surface area of the cell. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0005903] QuickGO AmiGO |