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ascending limb of loop of Henle
- Term ID
- UBERON:0005164
- Synonyms
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- ascending limb
- ascending limb of Henle's loop
- distal straight tubule
- loop of Henle ascending limb
- Definition
- The distal part of the loop of Henle that is impermeable to water and actively pumps sodium out of the filtrate to generate the hypertonic interstitium that drives countercurrent exchange; it consists of an initial very thin segment lined by simple squamous epithelium followed by a distal thick segment lined by simple cuboidal epithelium[MP]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascending_limb_of_loop_of_Henle
- References
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- EMAPA:35510
- MA:0001676
- NCIT:C32154
- UMLS:C0227658
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascending_limb_of_loop_of_Henle
- http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0227658
- http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/245434005
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