Henle's loop

Japanese: Henle's loop(英語表記)Henlesloop
Henle's loop

…There is no distal tubule bend in marine bony fish tubules. In amphibians, reptiles, and birds, an intermediate segment is found between the proximal and distal tubule bends, and in mammals, this is replaced by a Henle's loop (Figure 2). The three-dimensional arrangement of these tubules is also irregular in bony fish, but is regular in amphibians and reptiles, and more orderly in birds and mammals. Based on the three-dimensional arrangement of the tubules, the kidney can be divided into three parts: the cortex, the outer medulla, and the inner medulla. …

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Japanese:

…海産の硬骨魚の尿細管には遠位尿細管曲部が存在しない。両生類,爬虫類,鳥類の尿細管では近位尿細管曲部と遠位尿細管曲部の間に中間節が見られ,哺乳類になるとヘンレ係蹄Henle’s loopがこれに変わる(図2)。これらの尿細管の立体的配列も硬骨魚類などでは不規則であるが,両生類,爬虫類では規則的になり,鳥類,哺乳類ではより整然と配列しているので,尿細管の立体的配列構造から腎臓は皮質,髄質外層,髄質内層の3部に分けることができる。…

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