papillary duct

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• papillary duct — a wide terminal tubule in the renal pyramid, formed by the union of several straight collecting tubules and emptying into the renal pelvis in the area cribrosa. Called also Bellini d …   Medical dictionary

• Duct of Bellini — Position of the duct of Bellini in the kidney Latin ductus papillaris Gray s …   Wikipedia

• duct — A tubular structure giving exit to the secretion of a gland or organ, capable of conducting fluid. SEE ALSO: canal. SYN: ductus [TA]. [L. duco, pp. ductus, to lead] aberrant ducts SYN: aberrant ductules, under ductule …   Medical dictionary

• Collecting duct system — Scheme of renal tubule and its vascular supply. Latin tubulus renalis colligens Gray s …   Wikipedia

• Bellini duct ligament — Bel·li·ni duct, ligament (bel eґne) [Lorenzo Bellini, Italian anatomist, 1643–1704] see papillary duct, under duct, and see under ligament …   Medical dictionary

• Bellini duct — papillary d …   Medical dictionary

• intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm — a benign tumor of the pancreatic duct that secretes excessive mucin and may be a type of mucinous cystic neoplasm; called also intraductal papillary mucinous tumor …   Medical dictionary

• Cancer, papillary — Cancer of a structure called the papilla or ampulla of Vater, a small muscle located at the junction where the common bile duct (carrying bile from the liver and secretions from the pancreas) empties into the duodenum (upper small intestine).… …   Medical dictionary

• Tubule — A small tube. * * * A small tube. SYN: tubulus [TA]. [L. tubulus, dim. of tubus, tube] Albarran y Dominguez tubules SYN: Albarran glands, under gland. connecting t. a narrow arching t. of the kidney joining the distal convoluted t. and the… …   Medical dictionary

• tubulus renalis colligens — renal collecting tubule: the arcuate renal tubule, straight collecting tubule, and papillary duct considered together. Called also collecting duct …   Medical dictionary

• foveola — A minute fovea or pit. [Mod. L. dim. of L. fovea, pit] f. coccygea [TA] SYN: coccygeal f.. coccygeal f. [TA] a depression in the skin over the coccyx caused by the caudal retinaculum. SYN: f. coccygea [TA], coccygeal dimple …   Medical dictionary