Assertion: nephron's tubule | /r/HasProperty | distal convoluted
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text: The portion of the nephron that leads from the proximal convoluted tubule to the distal convoluted tubule; it has a hairpin bend in the renal medulla and the main function of this structure is to reabsorb water and ions from the urine.
text: Back in the cortex, the tubule again becomes coiled and is called the distal convoluted tubule.
text: Then a special area called Henle loop runs and enters the second part of the renal tubule known as the distal convoluted tubule.
text: In the kidney, the loop of Henle ( ) (or Henle's loop, Henle loop, nephron loop or its Latin counterpart ansa nephroni) is the portion of a nephron that leads from the proximal convoluted tubule to the distal convoluted tubule.
text: In the kidney, the loop of Henle ( ) (or Henle's loop, Henle loop, nephron loop or its Latin counterpart ansa nephroni) is the portion of a nephron that leads from the proximal convoluted tubule to the distal convoluted tubule.