TUBULE

Tubule

A tubule is: a small tube or fistular structure, a minute tube lined with glandular epithelium, any hollow cylindrical body structure, a minute canal found in various structures or organs of the body, a slender elongated anatomical channel, Collecting tubules: terminal channels of the nephrons, Cuvierian tubules: clusters of sticky tubules located at the base of the respiratory tree, which may be discharged by some sea cucumbers when mechanically stimulated, Dentinal tubules or dental canaliculi: minute channels in the dentine of a tooth that extend from the pulp cavity to the cementum or the enamel, Distal convoluted tubule: the convoluted portion of the ...

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tubule

Noun

  1. A small pipe or fistular body; a little tube.


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