Renal afferent arteriole

System Urinary
SNOMED CT 67498004

Renal afferent arteriole

Definition

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.

Also known as afferent arteriole, afferent glomerular arteriole, afferent glomerular arteriole of kidney, arteriola glomerularis afferens renis, kidney afferent arteriole — per UBERON

The Renal afferent arteriole is a part of the Urinary.

Also identified as