efferent arteriole]
No. I recieves blood from the afferent arteriole.
juxtaglomerular apparatus
Blood enters the kidney through the Renal artery.
Lot of fluid is filtered out in the glomeruli. Almost 180 litres of fluid per day is filtered in glomeruli. So to maintain the blood pressure in afferent arterioles, you need to have efferent arterioles with less diameter.
In the majority of the body all arterioles are afferent as they take blood to the organs they supply. however the tru afferent arterioles are only found in the functional unit of the kidney called the nephron. At the very start of the nephron is a bundle of cappillaries that allows diffusion of the majority of the plasma and contents to diffuse out into another structure called the bormans capsule. From the bowmans capsule the liquid travels through the nephron and any substances that the body still wants to keep diffuse back into the blood. The arteriole that carries blood to the glomerulus is the afferent arteriole and the arteriole that recollects the usefull parts comes from the glomerulus and so is called the efferent arteriole.
Efferent arteriole takes the blood away from the glomerulus
No. I recieves blood from the afferent arteriole.
afferent arteriole
Kidneys.
afferent arteriole
The afferent arteriole supplies blood to the capillaries in the glomerulus of the kidneys. The efferent arteriole takes the blood away from the glomerulus.
The afferent arteriole.
The afferent arteriole.
Afferent Arteriole carries blood into the Glomerulus, the Efferent Arteriole carries blood away.
glomerulus. The afferent arteriole leads to a ball of capillaries called a glomerulus which is enclosed in a nephron structure called the glomerular capsule. Blood leaves the glomerulus by way of the efferent arteriole.
As the afferent arteriole dilates it exposes the glomerulus to an increased blood pressure, closer and closer to that of the full systemic blood pressure. This increases GFR and Glomerular pressure. -6th Year Medical Student
Blood enters the glomerulus through the afferent arteriole and drains through the efferent arteriole.