Preposition: of

• kidney: Uranium has a particular effect on the proximal tubules of the kidney.

• nephron: These drugs act by increasing sodium excretion in the proximal convoluted tubule of the nephron ( 8 ).

• doublet: The A tubule of each doublet has attached dynein arms.

Converse of object

• collect: Aldosterone achieves this by its action on the collecting tubules of the kidney.

• block: These crystals are comparatively soluble but nevertheless block the tubule.

• coil: These small molecules pass through the renal tube ( coiled tubule ) which is surrounded by a capillary network.

• identify: Can you identify the seminiferous tubules in the picture?

• show: This diagram shows a single seminiferous tubule, and cells in the interstitial tissue outside the tubule.

Adjective modifier

• seminiferous: Can you identify the seminiferous tubules in the picture?

• Malpighian: At bottom one individual is crawling over a Malpighian tubule.

• proximal: Uranium has a particular effect on the proximal tubules of the kidney.

• distal: The next portion of the tubule is the loop of Henle, which leads to the distal convoluted tubule.

• convoluted: The next portion of the tubule is the loop of Henle, which leads to the distal convoluted tubule.

• renal: Kidney tissue The renal tubule is continuous with Bowman's capsule.

Modifies a noun

• formation: For example, VEGF promotes endothelial cell migration and tubule formation.

• cell: Estrogen and androgen regulation of plasma membrane calcium pump activity in immortalized distal tubule kidney cells.

• increase: As a result, the amount of glucose that gets filtered into the kidney tubules increases also.

Noun used with modifier

• kidney: Among them is Fanconi's syndrome, which is a dysfunction of the proximal kidney tubules.

• dentine: SECM image of ion fluxes through human dentine tubules.

• T: T tubules are invaginations of muscle cell plasma membrane.