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collecting tubules
That part of the renal tubule in a kidney in which water absorption takes place under the control of ADH, producing urine of variable concentration depending on overall water levels in the body.
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The hypertonic interstitial fluid surrounding the collecting tubules provides a high osmotic pressure for the removal of water.
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After being processed along the collecting tubules and ducts, the fluid, now called urine, is drained into the bladder via the ureter, to be finally excluded from the organism.
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