arcuate artery
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Related to arcuate artery: Deep plantar artery, interlobular artery
arcuate artery
In the kidneys, a branch of the interlobar arteries that runs along the base of the pyramids. Branches of the arcuate arteries are called the interlobular arteries, and these give rise to the afferent glomerular arteries.
See also: artery