Proximal tubule
Segment of nephron in kidneys / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The proximal tubule is the segment of the nephron in kidneys which begins from the renal pole of the Bowman's capsule to the beginning of loop of Henle. At this location, the glomerular parietal epithelial cells (PECs) lining bowman’s capsule abruptly transition to proximal tubule epithelial cells (PTECs). The proximal tubule can be further classified into the proximal convoluted tubule (PCT) and the proximal straight tubule (PST).
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Precursor | Metanephric blastema |
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Latin | tubulus proximalis, pars tubuli proximalis |
MeSH | D007687 |
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