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KIDNEY TUBULES, COLLECTING
Straight tubes commencing in the radiatepart of the kidneycortex where they receive the curved ends of the distalconvoluted tubules. In the medulla the collecting tubules of every pyramid converge to join a central pipe (duct of bellini) which opens on the summit of the papilla.