Straight venules of kidney

Straight venules of kidney
Details
Source
Vasa recta
Drains to Arcuate veins
Identifiers
Latin Venulae rectae renis
Dorlands
/Elsevier
v_06/12853642
TA A08.1.04.005
FMA 72007

Anatomical terminology

The straight venules of kidney are branches from the plexuses at the apices of the medullary pyramids, formed by the terminations of the vasa recta.

They run outward in a straight course between the tubes of the medullary substance, and joining, as above stated, the interlobular veins, form venous arcades; these in turn unite and form veins which pass along the sides of the renal pyramids.

The straight venules contains fenestrated capillaries.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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