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renal artery
Origin: aorta below level of superior mesenteric artery
Branches:
Divides into primary/secondary branches.
1) segmental arteries
2) ureteral branches
3) inferior suprarenal artery
Distribution:
-> kidney via segmental arteries of kidney
Related
renal artery stenosis (RAS)
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: renal artery
BRANCHES: segmental artery of kidney
ORIGIN: aorta
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
- Gardner, Gray & O'Rahilly. Anatomy. Saunders 4th ed., 1975
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium