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vasa recta

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In the blood supply of the kidney, the vasa recta renis (or straight arteries of kidney, or straight arterioles of kidney) form a series of straight capillaries in the medulla. They lie parallel to the loop of Henle. These vessels branch off the efferent arterioles of juxtamedullary nephrons (those nephrons closest to the medulla), enter the medulla, and surround the loop of Henle. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_recta ]

Synonyms: arteriolae rectae renis, vasa recta renis, vasa recta of kidney, set of straight arterioles of kidney, straight arterioles of kidney, kidney vasa recta, renal medullary capillary

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pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas

depicted by

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Kidney_nephron.png

editor note

TODO - is this a vein or set of veins? in MA it is a venous blood vessel

has related synonym

arteriolae rectae renis, vasa rectae, arteria recta, arteriolae recti, arteriae rectae

id

UBERON:0004726

prefLabel

vasa recta, Set of straight arterioles of kidney

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

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