| Phenotype: | proximal convoluted tubule brush border partially broken, abnormal |
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| Note: | This statement combines anatomy and/or ontology terms with phenotype quality terms to create a complete phenotype (EQ) statement. For detailed information on individual terms, click the hyperlinked term name. |
| Name: | proximal convoluted tubule |
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| Definition: | Renal tubule that connects to the renal corpuscle. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005290] |
| Name: | brush border |
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| Definition: | The dense covering of microvilli on the apical surface of an epithelial cell in tissues such as the intestine, kidney, and choroid plexus; the microvilli aid absorption by increasing the surface area of the cell. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0005903] QuickGO AmiGO |
| Name: | partially broken |
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| Definition: | A broken quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's being still one contiguous whole but structurally damaged such that in danger of become two or more. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0002082] |