Kangas joined Nightly Business Report in 1979; in 2003, his Stocks in the News segment earned a Financial Writers and Editors Award from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. In 2005, he won a Suncoast Chapter Silver Circle Award.
What Is a Malpighian Tubule? Malpighian tubules are organs within insects that excrete solid waste. Larvae of certain species of beetles use Malpighian tubules to produce silk.
Renal tubules are essential structures in the kidneys. This lesson explores the function of the renal tubule and its parts, including the proximal and distal convoluted tubules, the loop of Henle, and the collecting duct.Learn how these components work together to absorb materials and form urine.ou can remember which part of the loop of Henle is important in the reabsorption of water really easily. Recall that the proximal tubule reabsorbs the majority of water, and the first structure of the loop of Henle to connect to the proximal tubule is the thin descending limb.