SM 186a - Kidney Anatomy and Histology Flashcards
1
Q
List the steps in the path that blood takes through the kidney, starting with the renal artery and ending with the renal vein
A
- Renal artery
- Segmental arteries
- Interlobar arteries
- Arcuate arteries
- Interlobular arteries
- Afferent arterioles (enters the renal corpuscule)
- Glomerular capillaries
- Efferent arterioles (leaves the renal corpuscule)
- Peritubular arteries (cortex) + Descending vasa recta (medulla)
- Interlobular veins + Ascending vasa recta
- Arcuate veins
- Interlobar veins
- Segmental veins
- Renal vein
- IVC
