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renal tubule

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renal tubule [′rēn·əl ′tü·byül]
(anatomy)
One of the glandular tubules which elaborate urine in the kidneys.


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Acidic urine can make the renal tubule injury worse.
In male rats, there were marginal, nonsignificant increases in the incidences of renal tubule adenomas (with one carcinoma at the highest dose) and hepatocellular adenomas, but these findings were considered to be equivocal.
Each nephron consists of a ball formed of small blood capillaries, called a glomerulus, and a small tube called a renal tubule.
 
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