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Collecting tubule

Collecting tubule --> straight seminiferous tubule

The continuation of the tubulus seminifer contortus which becomes straight just before entering the mediastinum to form the rete testis.

Synonym: tubulus renalis rectus, tubulus seminifer rectus, collecting tubule, straight tubule, tubulus rectus, tubulus rectus, vasa recta.


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