- Ascending limb of loop of Henle
Ascending limb of loop of Henle can refer to:
*Thin ascending limb of loop of Henle
*Thick ascending limb of loop of Henle (this is more frequently what is meant)
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Ascending limb of loop of Henle
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Thick ascending limb of loop of Henle — Scheme of renal tubule and its vascular supply. (Labeled at center left.) … Wikipedia
Thin ascending limb of loop of Henle — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = 253 GrayPage = 1223 Caption = Scheme of renal tubule and its vascular supply. (Labeled at center left.) Caption2 = Nephron. Diagram is labeled in Polish, but ion flow can still be identified.… … Wikipedia
Descending limb of loop of Henle — Scheme of renal tubule and its vascular supply. (Labeled at center left.) … Wikipedia
Loop of Henle — Scheme of renal tubule and its vascular supply. (Loop of Henle visible center left.) Latin ansa nephroni Gray s … Wikipedia
loop of Henle — /hen lee/, Anat. the part of a nephron between the proximal and distal convoluted tubules that extends, in a loop, from the cortex into the medulla of the kidney. Also called Henle s loop. [1880 85; named after F. G. J. Henle (1809 85), German… … Universalium
ascending limb — 1. the distal part of the loop of Henle (ansa nephroni); see under ansa. 2. the ascending portion of a tracing of the pulse wave obtained by the manometer or the sphygmograph; called also anacrotic l … Medical dictionary
Loop diuretic — Loop diuretics are diuretics that act on the ascending loop of Henle in the kidney. They are primarily used in medicine to treat hypertension and edema often due to congestive heart failure or renal insufficiency. Mechanism of action Loop… … Wikipedia
loop diuretic — n a diuretic that inhibits reabsorption in the ascending limb of the loop of Henle causing greatly increased excretion of sodium chloride in the urine and to a lesser extent of potassium … Medical dictionary
limb — 1. An extremity; a member; an arm or leg. SYN: member. 2. A segment of any jointed structure. SEE ALSO: leg, crus. [A.S. lim] ampullary membranous limbs of semicircular ducts [TA] the dilated ends of the three semicircular ducts, each of which… … Medical dictionary
Nephron — For the drug with trade name Nephron, see Epinephrine. Nephron Nephron of the kidney without juxtaglomerular apparatus Latin nephroneum Gray s … Wikipedia
