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A minute tube lined with glandular epithelium; as, the uriniferous tubules of the kidney.

Between tubes or tubules; as, intertubular cells; intertubular substance.

atations, containing the glomeruli or Malpighian tufts, at the extremities of the urinary tubules of the kidney. Malpighian corpuscles of the spleen, masses of adenoid tissue connected with branches of the splenic artery.

A segmental tubule; one of the tubules of the primitive urinogenital organs; a segmental organ. See Illust. under Loeven's larva.

A small body containing convoluted tubules, situated near the epididymis in man and some other animals, and supposed to be a remnant of the anterior part of the Wolffian body.

A small mass of tubules near the ovary in some animals, and corresponding with the parepididymis of the male.

A group of tubules, a remnant of the Wolffian body, often found near the ovary or oviduct; the epoöphoron.

the tubes which primarily open into the segmental duct, some of which become the urinary tubules of the adult.

A primitive seminal cell, occuring in masses in the seminal tubules. It divides into a mass (spermosphere) of small cells (spermoblast), which in turn give rise to spermatozoids.

Syringopora consisting of a cluster of upright tubes united together by small transverse tubules.

Bearing or conveying urine; as, uriniferous tubules.

The tube is closed at the anterior end by a convex disk perforated by numerous pores, or tubules, and resembling the rose of a watering pot. -- Watering trough, a trough from which cattle, horses, and other animals drink.