afferent 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
Isaacs-Ludwig arteriole — an arteriolar twig that sometimes branches from the afferent glomerular arteriole of the kidney to communicate directly with the tubular capillary plexus … Medical dictionary
Afferent arterioles — Infobox Artery Name = PAGENAME Latin = arteriola glomerularis afferens GraySubject = 253 GrayPage = 1221 Caption = Scheme of renal tubule and its vascular supply. (Label Afferent vessel is visible in upper left.) Caption2 = Distribution of… … Wikipedia
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
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
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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
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 afferens — [TA] afferent glomerular arteriole: a branch of an interlobular artery that goes to a renal glomerulus; called also afferent artery of glomerulus and afferent vessel of glomerulus … Medical dictionary
