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  2. Brush border - Wikipedia

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    Brush border cells are found mainly in the following organs: The small intestine tract: This is where absorption takes place. [2] [3] [4] The brush borders of the intestinal lining are the site of terminal carbohydrate digestions. The microvilli that constitute the brush border have enzymes for this final part of digestion anchored into their ...

  3. Proximal tubule - Wikipedia

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    The proximal tubule is the segment of the nephron in kidneys which begins from the renal pole of the Bowman's capsule to the beginning of loop of Henle.At this location, the glomerular parietal epithelial cells (PECs) lining bowman’s capsule abruptly transition to proximal tubule epithelial cells (PTECs).

  4. Assessment of kidney function - Wikipedia

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    This filtrate then flows along the length of the nephron, which is a tubular structure lined by a single layer of specialized cells and surrounded by capillaries. The major functions of these lining cells are the reabsorption of water and small molecules from the filtrate into the blood, and the secretion of wastes from the blood into the urine.

  5. Distal convoluted tubule - Wikipedia

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    The DCT is lined with simple cuboidal cells, the distal convoluted tubule cells, that are shorter than those of the proximal convoluted tubule (PCT). The lumen appears larger in the PCT than the DCT lumen because the PCT has a brush border (microvilli).

  6. Renal physiology - Wikipedia

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    Each nephron begins in a renal corpuscle, which is composed of a glomerulus enclosed in a Bowman's capsule. Cells, proteins, and other large molecules are filtered out of the glomerulus by a process of ultrafiltration , leaving an ultrafiltrate that resembles plasma (except that the ultrafiltrate has negligible plasma proteins ) to enter Bowman ...

  7. Tubuloglomerular feedback - Wikipedia

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    This results in an increase of the cell's osmolarity. Water flows into the cell along the osmotic gradient, causing the cell to swell. When the cell swells, ATP escapes through a basolateral, stretch-activated, non-selective Maxi-Anion channel. [9] The ATP is subsequently converted to adenosine by ecto-5′-nucleotidase. [10]

  8. Glomerular filtration rate - Wikipedia

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    To allow comparison of results between people of different sizes, the C Cr is often corrected for the body surface area (BSA) and expressed compared to the average sized man as mL/min/1.73 m 2. While most adults have a BSA that approaches 1.7 m 2 (1.6 m 2 to 1.9 m 2 ), extremely obese or slim patients should have their C Cr corrected for their ...

  9. Kidney proximal tubule brush border cell - Wikipedia

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