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Uriniferous tubule   Listen
Uriniferous tubule

noun
1.
Any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney.  Synonym: nephron.





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... To illustrate Kidney structure.— a.b.v., and e.b.v., afferent and efferent blood-vessels, of which the latter go to break up upon the tubli. B.c., one of Bowman's capsules of the cortex; ur.t., the uriniferous tubule running from it into the medulla, where it loops and branches; around it branches a blood-vessel, of which the latter go to break up upon the tubuli. c., cortex. g., glomerulus, a knot of blood-vessels in the capsule. m., medulla. ...
— Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata • H. G. Wells
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Words linked to "Uriniferous tubule" :   tubule, nephron, kidney, malpighian body, renal corpuscle, malpighian corpuscle


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