descending limb of loop of Henle

Preferred Label : descending limb of loop of Henle;

Uberon definition : the portion of the renal tubule that constitutes the proximal part of the loop of Henle, has low permeability to ions and urea, and is highly permeable to water; it consists of an initial short thick segment lined by low simple cuboidal epithelium and a long thin segment lined by simple squamous epithelium; however, this distinction is not as important physiologically as in the ascending limb, so often the two are treated as one structure;

Uberon synonym : descending limb of Henle's loop; loop of Henle descending limb;

Uberon broad term : descending limb;

Details

Origin ID

0001289;

UMLS CUI

C0227657;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Descending Limb of Henle's Loop [NCIt concept]
- Descending limb of loop of Henle [FMA entity]
- Entire descending limb of Henle's loop (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Structure of descending limb of Henle's loop (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- descending limb of henle's loop [SNOMED Notion]
- descending limb of loop of Henle [Radlex concept]
- descending limb of loop of henle [MeSH concept]
- loop of henle [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Descending Limb of Henle's Loop [NCIt concept]
- Descending limb of loop of Henle [FMA entity]
- Structure of descending limb of Henle's loop (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- descending limb of henle's loop [SNOMED Notion]
- descending limb of loop of henle [MeSH concept]
Uberon cross reference
- Descending Limb of Henle's Loop [NCIt concept]
- Descending limb of loop of Henle [FMA entity]
- Entire descending limb of Henle's loop (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
continuous with
- proximal tubule [UBERON concept]
contributes to morphology of
- loop of Henle [UBERON concept]
has part
- long descending thin limb bend [UBERON concept]
- prebend segment of loop of Henle [UBERON concept]
- proximal straight tubule [UBERON concept]
part of
- loop of Henle [UBERON concept]

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