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efferent glomerular arteriole

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arteriole /ar·te·ri·ole/ (ahr-tēr´e-ōl) a minute arterial branch.arterio´lar
afferent glomerular arteriole  a branch of an interlobular artery that goes to a renal glomerulus.
efferent glomerular arteriole  one arising from a renal glomerulus, breaking up into capillaries to supply renal tubules.
postglomerular arteriole  efferent glomerular a.
precapillary arteriole  arterial capillary.
preglomerular arteriole  afferent glomerular a.
straight arterioles of kidney  branches of the arcuate arteries of the kidney arising from the efferent glomerular arterioles and passing down to the renal pyramids.
efferent glomerular arteriole
n.
The vessel that carries blood from the glomerular capillary network to the capillary bed of the proximal convoluted tubule.


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