efferent glomerular arteriole
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Arteriole — A small branch of an artery (a vessel that carries blood high in oxygen away from the heart to the body) leading to a capillary. The oxygenated hemoglobin (oxyhemoglobin) makes the blood in arteries and arterioles look bright red. * * * A minute… … Medical dictionary
Efferent arteriole — Infobox Artery Name = PAGENAME Latin = arteriola glomerularis efferens GraySubject = 253 GrayPage = 1221 Caption = Scheme of renal tubule and its vascular supply. (Label Efferent vessel is visible in upper left.) Caption2 = Distribution of… … Wikipedia
vas — A duct or canal conveying any liquid, such as blood, lymph, chyle, or semen. SEE ALSO: vessel. [L. a vessel, dish] v. aberrans hepatis, pl.vasa aberrantia hepatis blind and/or atrophic … Medical dictionary
arteriola — SYN: arteriole. [Mod. L. dim. of arteria, artery] a. glomerularis afferens [TA] SYN: afferent glomerular arteriole. a. glomerularis efferens [TA] SYN: efferent glomerular arteriole. a. maculae medius [TA] a. macularis inferior [TA] SYN: inferior … Medical dictionary
Vessel — A tube in the body that carries fluids: blood vessels or lymph vessels. * * * A structure conveying or containing a fluid, especially a liquid. SEE ALSO: vas. [O. Fr. fr. L. vascellum, dim. of vas] absorbent vessels SYN: lymph vessels. afferent v … Medical dictionary
Atrial natriuretic peptide — protein Name = natriuretic peptide precursor A caption = width = HGNCid = 7939 Symbol = NPPA AltSymbols = ANP, PND EntrezGene = 4878 OMIM = 108780 RefSeq = NM 006172 UniProt = P01160 PDB = ECnumber = Chromosome = 1 Arm = p Band = 36.21… … Wikipedia
arteriola glomerularis efferens — [TA] efferent glomerular arteriole: an arteriole that arises from a renal glomerulus and breaks up into capillaries to supply renal tubules. Called also efferent artery of glomerulus and efferent vessel of glomerulus … Medical dictionary
renal system — ▪ anatomy Introduction in humans (human body), organ system that includes the kidneys, where urine is produced, and the ureters, bladder, and urethra for the passage, storage, and voiding of urine. In many respects the human excretory, or… … Universalium
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Renal function — Diagram showing the basic physiologic mechanisms of the kidney Renal function, in nephrology, is an indication of the state of the kidney and its role in renal physiology. Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) describes the flow rate of filtered fluid … Wikipedia
