ascending limb of loop of Henle

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0005164

The distal part of the loop of Henle that is impermeable to water and actively pumps sodium out of the filtrate to generate the hypertonic interstitium that drives countercurrent exchange; it consists of an initial very thin segment lined by simple squamous epithelium followed by a distal thick segment lined by simple cuboidal epithelium[MP]. [ MP:0011342 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascending_limb_of_loop_of_Henle ]

Synonyms: loop of Henle ascending limb, ascending limb of Henle's loop

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Wikipedia:Ascending_limb_of_loop_of_Henle
NCIT:C32154
FMA:17717
EMAPA:35510
MA:0001676
SCTID:245434005
UMLS:C0227658 (ncithesaurus:Ascending_Limb_of_the_Henle_s_Loop)

Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

editor note

TODO - thick/thin check. Also relationship to distal tubule. We need a home for MA:0002634-renal straight tubule

has related synonym

distal straight tubule

has broad synonym

ascending limb

has obo namespace

uberon

UBERON:0005164

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Ascending limb of loop of Henle

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Subclass of:

distal tubule
contributes to morphology of some loop of Henle
part of some loop of Henle

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