juxtaglomerular

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juxtaglomerular /jux·ta·glo·mer·u·lar/ (-glo-mer´u-ler) near or next to a renal glomerulus.

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Close to or adjoining a renal glomerulus.

juxtaglomerular

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Etymology: L, juxta, near, glomerulus, small ball

pertaining to an area near or adjacent to the afferent and efferent arterioles of the kidney glomerulus.

juxtaglomerular [juks″tah-glo-mer´u-lar]

near to or adjoining a glomerulus of the kidney.

juxtaglomerular

near to or adjoining a glomerulus of the kidney.

juxtaglomerular apparatus, juxtaglomerular complex

a group of structures adjoining a renal glomerulus and which includes afferent and efferent arterioles, macula densa, extraglomerula mesangium and the juxtaglomerular cells (modified afferent arteriolar smooth muscle cells).

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