City Hall complex. West Richland is a 22-square-mile (57 km2) city in Benton County, Washington, United States. The population was 11,811 at the 2010 census. The city is generally included in the Tri-Cities along with Kennewick, Richland, and Pasco. 1 History.
The proximal convoluted tubule (PCT) is a small tubular structure within the nephron of the kidney. The PCT connects Bowman's capsule with the proximal straight tubule, and it is essential for the reabsorption of water and solutes from filtrate within the nephron.
proximal convoluted tubule. A Dictionary of Biology. Â© A Dictionary of Biology 2004, originally published by Oxford University Press 2004. proximal convoluted tubule (first convoluted tubule) The section of a nephron situated between Bowman's capsule and the loop of Henle in the vertebrate kidney.