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afferent arteriole

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role in excretion

  • human kidneys
    In renal system: Arteries and arterioles

    …off short branches called the afferent arterioles, which carry blood to the glomeruli where they divide into four to eight loops of capillaries in each glomerulus.

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  • human kidneys
    In renal system: Factors that affect renal flow

    …of plasma so that the afferent arterioles skim off more plasma than cells. If the arteriolar blood pressure rises, the skimming effect increases, and the more densely packed axial flow of cells in the vessels offers increasing resistance to the pressure, which has to overcome this heightened viscosity. Thus, the…

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