vasa recta
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0004726
In the blood supply of the kidney, the vasa recta renis (or straight arteries of kidney, or straight arterioles of kidney) form a series of straight capillaries in the medulla. They lie parallel to the loop of Henle. These vessels branch off the efferent arterioles of juxtamedullary nephrons (those nephrons closest to the medulla), enter the medulla, and surround the loop of Henle. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_recta ]
Synonyms: arteriolae rectae renis, vasa recta renis, vasa recta of kidney, set of straight arterioles of kidney, straight arterioles of kidney, kidney vasa recta, renal medullary capillary
Term info
- EMAPA:30043
- Wikipedia:Vasa_recta
- galen:ArteriaeRectae
- MA:0002595
- FMA:72006
pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Kidney_nephron.png
TODO - is this a vein or set of veins? in MA it is a venous blood vessel
arteriolae rectae renis, vasa rectae, arteria recta, arteriolae recti, arteriae rectae
uberon
UBERON:0004726
vasa recta, Set of straight arterioles of kidney
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606