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segmental artery of kidney
1) branches of the renal artery that supply anatomical segments of the kidney
2) there are generally 5 such arteries, which give off interlobar, arcuate & (cortical radiate) interlobular banches in sequence.
a) anterior inferior
b) anterior superior
c) inferior
d) posterior
e) superior
Origin: renal artery
Distribution:
1) afferent arterioles to the glomeruli
2) branches to the kidney capsule
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: segmental artery of kidney
ORIGIN: renal artery
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium