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renal afferent arteriole
- Term ID
- UBERON:0004639
- Synonyms
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- afferent arteriole
- afferent glomerular arteriole
- afferent glomerular arteriole of kidney
- arteriola glomerularis afferens
- arteriola glomerularis afferens renis
- kidney 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 (2)
- References
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- Afferent:arterioles
- EMAPA:28230
- EMAPA:28266
- MA:0002579
- TAO:0002139
- ZFA:0005307
- http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/67498004
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