Interlobar arteries

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Artery: Interlobar arteries
Interlobar arteries visible but not labeled.
Latin	arteriae interlobares renis
Source	renal artery, via segmental arteries and lobar arteries
Branches	arcuate arteries
Vein	Interlobar veins
Dorlands / Elsevier	a_61/12154677

The interlobar arteries are vessels of the renal circulation which supply the renal lobes.

[edit] External links

• Physiology at MCG 7/7ch03/7ch03p10 - "Renal Vasculature: Efferent Arterioles & Peritubular Capillaries"
• Histology at BU 15901lba - "Urinary System: neonatal kidney, vasculature"
• Diagram at eku.edu
• MedEd at Loyola Histo/HistoImages/hl7A-47.jpg
• Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 26768.000-2

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v • d • e Urinary system – Kidney Layers Renal fascia • Renal capsule • Renal cortex  (Renal column) • Renal medulla (Renal sinus, Renal pyramids, medullary interstitium) • Renal lobe • Cortical lobule • Medullary ray • Nephron Afferent circulation Renal artery → Segmental arteries → Interlobar arteries → Arcuate arteries → Cortical radial arteries → Afferent arterioles → Renal corpuscle (Glomerulus, Bowman's capsule) Renal tubule Proximal tubule → Loop of Henle (Descending, Thin ascending, Thick ascending) → Distal convoluted tubule → Connecting tubule → Collecting ducts → Duct of Bellini → Renal papilla → Minor calyx → Major calyx → Renal pelvis → Ureter Efferent circulation Glomerulus → Efferent arterioles → Peritubular capillaries / Vasa recta → Arcuate vein → Interlobar veins → Renal vein Juxtaglomerular apparatus Macula densa • Juxtaglomerular cells • Extraglomerular mesangial cell Filtration Glomerular basement membrane • Podocyte • Filtration slits • Intraglomerular mesangial cell • Tubular fluid Renal physiology Acid base physiology • Fluid balance