develops_from develops from develops from Homo sapiens Homo sapiens metanephric mesenchyme renal connecting tubule http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Gray1128.png EMAPA:28011 BTO:0004539 EMAPA:27790 kidney connecting tubule MA:0002610 UBERON:0005097 The connecting tubule is a tubular segment of the nephron; it connects the distal convoluted tubule to the collecting duct[GO]. connecting tubule uberon EMAPA:27758 tubulus renalis arcuatus Wikipedia:Connecting_tubule region of nephron tubule meso-epithelium