The proximal convoluted tubule is the most proximal portion of the proximal tubule and extends from the glomerular capsule to the proximal straight tubule. [ http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0072019 ]
Synonyms: proximal convoluted renal tubule tubulus contortus proximalis
Term information
- ZFA:0005290
- EV:0100388
- CALOHA:TS-2198
- Wikipedia:Proximal_convoluted_tubule
- FMA:17693
- SCTID:362220008
- NCIT:C33417
- UMLS:C1514580 (ncithesaurus:Proximal_Convoluted_Tube)
- TAO:0005290
- MA:0001669
- EMAPA:28287
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
PCT
first convoluted tubule
tubulus contortus proximalis
kidney proximal convoluted tubule
1st convoluted tubule
tubulus convolutus proximalis
renal proximal convoluted tubule
Term relations
- renal convoluted tubule
- renal cortex tubule
- meso-epithelium
- develops from some metanephric mesenchyme
- part of some proximal tubule
- part of some cortex of kidney
- contributes to morphology of some nephron tubule
- continuous with some glomerular capsule
- continuous with some proximal straight tubule