part of short descending thin limb development metanephric nephron epithelium development metanephric short nephron development metanephric short descending thin limb development mah biological_process The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the metanephric short descending thin limb over time, from its formation to the mature structure. The metanephric short descending thin limb is the descending thin limb of a short nephron in the metanephros that has a squamous epithelial morphology. GO:0072271 2010-03-30T03:16:25Z