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Collecting Duct at Medical Drugs Glossary

What is Collecting Duct? The last part of a long, twisting tube that collects urine from the nephrons (cellular structures in the kidney that filter blood and form urine) and moves it into the renal pelvis and ureters. Also called renal collecting tubule.

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