RENAL TUBULE

The 'kidney tubule', also 'renal tubule', is the portion of the kidney containing the fluid filtered through the glomerulus.^[1]
The components of the kidney tubule are:

★ Proximal tubule

★ Loop of Henle

★ Descending limb of loop of Henle

★ Thin ascending limb of loop of Henle

★ Thick ascending limb of loop of Henle

★ Distal convoluted tubule

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1. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology - University of Colorado at Boulder. "The Kidney Tubule I: Urine Production." URL: http://www.colorado.edu/eeb/web_resources/cartoons/nephrex1.html. Accessed on: March 6, 2007.