noun
definition
A small pipe or fistular body; a little tube.
example
renal tubule
Examples of tubule in a Sentence
At the top of each of these pouches there is a minute orifice, the aperture of a small tubule lying above each pouch in the dorsal coelom.
The segment that drains glomerular filtrate from the Bowman's capsule is the proximal convoluted tubule.
Experimental work shows that losartan (tho not its active metabolite) competitively inhibits urate reabsorption in the renal proximal tubule.
These crystals are comparatively soluble but nevertheless block the tubule.
These small molecules pass through the renal tube (coiled tubule) which is surrounded by a capillary network.
This diagram shows a single seminiferous tubule, and cells in the interstitial tissue outside the tubule.
At bottom one individual is crawling over a Malpighian tubule.
The next portion of the tubule is the loop of Henle, which leads to the distal convoluted tubule.
Kidney tissue The renal tubule is continuous with Bowman's capsule.
These drugs act by increasing sodium excretion in the proximal convoluted tubule of the nephron (8).
The A tubule of each doublet has attached dynein arms.
Kidney tissue The renal tubule is continuous with Bowman 's capsule.
For example, VEGF promotes endothelial cell migration and tubule formation.
These lesions usually appear in the form of stromal, tubule, or blastemal cells.
Fanconi's syndrome-A group of disorders involving kidney tubule malfunction and glucose, phosphate, and bicarbonate in the urine.