-
arteriole is a small-diameter
blood vessel in the
microcirculation that
extends and
branches out from an
artery and
leads to capillaries.
Arterioles have...
- The
afferent arterioles are a
group of
blood vessels that
supply the
nephrons in many
excretory systems. They play an
important role in the regulation...
- The
efferent arterioles are
blood vessels that are part of the
urinary tract of organisms.
Efferent (from
Latin ex + ferre)
means "outgoing", in this case...
-
afferent arteriole of the
renal arterial circulation.
Unlike most
capillary beds, the
glomerular capillaries exit into
efferent arterioles rather than...
- is the
phenomenon where, on
examination of the eye, a
small artery (
arteriole) is seen
crossing a
small vein (venule),
which results in the compression...
- The vasa
recta of the kidney, (vasa
recta renis) are the
straight arterioles, and the
straight venules of the kidney, – a
series of
blood vessels in the...
-
peritubular capillaries are tiny
blood vessels,
supplied by the
efferent arteriole, that
travel alongside nephrons allowing reabsorption and
secretion between...
- of the
width of the
arteriole and
Silver wire
arterioles where the
central light reflex occupies all of the
width of the
arteriole, and "arterio-venular...
- the glomerulus. The rest p****es into an
efferent arteriole. The
diameter of the
efferent arteriole is
smaller than that of the afferent, and this difference...
- two effects: (1) it
decreases resistance to
blood flow in the
afferent arterioles,
which raises glomerular hydrostatic pressure and
helps return the glomerular...
