| convoluted seminiferous tubule | One of two or three twisted curved tubules in each lobule of the testis, in which spermatogenesis occurs. Synonym: tubulus seminifer contortus, tubulus contortus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| convoluted tubule of kidney | The highly convoluted segments of the nephron in the renal labyrinth comprising the proximal convoluted tubule, which leads from Bowman's capsule to the descending limb of Henle's loop, and the distal convoluted tubule, which leads from the ascending limb of Henle's loop to the collecting tube. Synonym: tubulus renalis contortus, Ferrein's tube, tubulus contortus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| convoluted | Said of parts rolled or twisted together when in an undeveloped stage, as in some corollas in the bud stage. (09 Oct 1997) |
| convoluted bone | See: inferior nasal concha, middle nasal concha, superior nasal concha, supreme nasal concha. (05 Mar 2000) |
| convoluted gland | A gland whose secretory part is convoluted. Synonym: convoluted gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| convoluted part of kidney lobule | Proximal and distal convoluted tubules and the associated renal corpuscles supplied by branches of the interlobular arteries. Synonym: labyrinthus, pars convoluta lobuli corticalis renis, labyrinth, Ludwig's labyrinth, renal labyrinth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| absent distal clavicle | <radiology> Cleidocranial dysostosis, rheumatoid arthritis, hyperparathyroidism (12 Dec 1998) |
| articular disc of distal radioulnar joint | The disk that holds together the distal ends of the radius and ulna; it is attached by its apex to a depression between the styloid process and distal surface of the head of the ulna, and by its base to the ridge separating the ulnar notch from the carpal surface of the radius. Synonym: discus articularis radioulnaris, radioulnar disk, radioulnar articular disk, triangular cartilage, triangular disk of wrist, triquetrous cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| renal tubule | <anatomy> Small structures in the kidney that filter the blood and produce the urine. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mesonephric tubule | An excretory tubule of the mesonephros. Synonym: segmental tubule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| metanephric tubule | An excretory unit of the metanephros or permanent kidney. (05 Mar 2000) |
| collecting tubule | The continuation of the tubulus seminifer contortus which becomes straight just before entering the mediastinum to form the rete testis. Synonym: tubulus renalis rectus, tubulus seminifer rectus, collecting tubule, straight tubule, tubulus rectus, tubulus rectus, vasa recta. (05 Mar 2000) |
| connecting tubule | A narrow arching tubule of the kidney joining the distal convoluted tubule and the collecting tubule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pronephric tubule | An excretory unit of the pronephros, present only in vestigial form in human embryos. (05 Mar 2000) |
| segmental tubule | An excretory tubule of the mesonephros. Synonym: segmental tubule. (05 Mar 2000) |