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. [ MP:0011312 https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/csmith ]
Synonyms: kidney afferent arteriole afferent arteriole afferent glomerular arteriole afferent glomerular arteriole of kidney arteriola glomerularis afferens renis
Term information
- SCTID:67498004
- MA:0002579
- Wikipedia:Afferent_arterioles
- ZFA:0005307
- EMAPA:28230
- EMAPA:28266
- FMA:77042
- TAO:0002139
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