tubule
tubule
Definition
tu·bule (to̵̅o̅′byo̵̅o̅l′, tyo̵̅o̅′-)
noun
a small tube; minute tubular structure in an animal or plant
Etymology: < L tubulus, dim. of tubus, tube
tubule
Usage Examples
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
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