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Since the tubules are broken up into sections the size varies. The sections can be as short as 3-4 cm and a long as 14mm.
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Lines kidney tubules and ducts of salivary glands?
simple cuboidal epithelium
What are nephritis and nephrosis?
Nephritis is inflammation of the kidneys or the interstitial tissues surrounding tubules. Nephrosis is a type of nephropathy that does not involve inflammation but is a degenerative disease of the renal tubules.
Where do you find simple cuboidal tissue?
Description; single later of cube-like cells with large, spherical central nuclei.Function; secretion and absorption.Location; kidney tubules; ducts and secretory portions of small glands; ovary surface.
How does osomosis occur in the human body?
The reabsorption of water from the kidney tubules back into the blood depends on osmosis.
Polycystic kidney disease is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait that is caused by a defective gene leading to the formation of expanded portions of the kidney tubules cysts and progressive re?
True
Explain Why fluid flows from the capillaries of the kidneys into the kidney tubules?
because the fluid pressure in the capillaries is higher than that of kidney tubules
What tubules make up the kidney?
Nephrons
What is the degeneration of kidney tubules called?
Nephrosis
Where are all the proximal and distal convoluted tubules of the kidney located?
If you are talking about the proximal/distal convoluted tubules. Then you are talking about a kidney, and in between them is the nephron loop or the Loop of Henle
What structure of kidney contains the collecting tubules?
medulla
Why do you think capillaries surround the long tubules of nephron?
The kidney's function in filtration. The renal tubules located with in the kidney's and also known as nephrons, are the functioning units of the kidney's. Blood carries nutrients and waste. The renal tubules are surrounded by a capillary network so the blood can expel the waste material that is collects from the body. the renal tubules also replace nutrients and water that is still needed back into the capillaries.
What is the medical term meaning degeneration of the kidney tubules?
Nephrosis
Is water moved from the kidney tubules into the blood by osmosis?
yes it does
Is simple cuboidal found lining kidney tubules?
Yes
What is tubular kidney disease?
Tubular kidney disease-- Disease of the kidney that affect the tubules, the part of the kidney that allows certain substances to be reabsorbed back into the blood
What does the medullla in the kidney do?
the renal medulla contains capillaries and urine forming tubules
Lines kidney tubules and ducts of salivary glands?
simple cuboidal epithelium
