Definition of Tubules

1. Noun. (plural of tubule) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tubules

1. tubule [n] - See also: tubule

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tubules

tubularida
tubularization
tubularizations
tubularly
tubulate
tubulated
tubulates
tubulating
tubulation
tubulations
tubulator
tubulators
tubulature
tubulatures
tubule
tubules (current term)
tubuli
tubuli biliferi
tubuli dentales
tubuli galactophori
tubuli lactiferi
tubuli paroophori
tubulibranchian
tubulibranchiata
tubulicole
tubulidentate
tubuliform
tubulin
tubulin-tyrosine ligase

Literary usage of Tubules

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Early Embryology of the Chick by Bradley Merrill Patten (1920)
"In their growth the mesonephric tubules extend toward the pronephric ducts ... After the degeneration of the pronephric tubules these same ducts are called ..."

2. Microscopical Morphology of the Animal Body in Health and Disease by Carl Heitzmann (1882)
"the capillaries of the collecting tubules and from the vasa recta, the ascending loops of which empty directly into the inter-zonal venous plexus. ..."

3. A Textbook of Physiology by Michael Foster (1889)
"So that the cortex does not consist of convoluted tubules only but in part of ... These however are not dispersed uniformly among the convoluted tubules, ..."

4. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1899)
"So that the cortex does not consist of convoluted tubules only but in part of ... These however are not dispersed uniformly among the convoluted tubules, ..."

5. A Laboratory Manual and Text-book of Embryology by Charles William Prentiss (1915)
"The anlage is differentiated into a network of solid cords in 60 mm. embryos (head-foot length) and these connect with the collecting tubules of the ..."

6. Principles of General Physiology by William Maddock Bayliss (1920)
"If there is no absorption of water by the tubules, it is necessary to assume that not only are urea and similar metabolites secreted by the tubule cells, ..."

7. A Treatise on human physiology by John Call Dalton (1859)
"A few fine bloodvessels penetrate the mucous membrane from below, and, running upward between the tubules, encircle their superficial extremities with a ..."

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