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renal afferent arteriole

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the blood vessels that branch from the kidney interlobular artery, convey blood to the glomerular capillaries, and play an important role in the regulation of blood pressure as a part of the tubuloglomerular feedback mechanism [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/csmith ]

Term info

Label

renal afferent arteriole

Synonyms
  • afferent arteriole
  • afferent glomerular arteriole
  • afferent glomerular arteriole of kidney
  • arteriola glomerularis afferens renis
  • kidney afferent arteriole
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latin term
arteriola glomerularis afferens [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afferent_arterioles ]

latin term
arteriola glomerularis afferens renis [ FMA : TA FMA : 77042 ]

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has related synonym

arteriola glomerularis afferens

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UBERON:0004639