Glomerular Capillaries

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Blood arrives at the kidney through the renal artery. The renal artery splits into 3 arteries: the interlobar arteries, arcuate arteries, and the cortical radial arteries. The smallest of the arteries become sets of arterioles Afferent arterioles supply blood to the first capillary network: the glomerular capillaries. From the glomerular capillaries, blood flows to the efferent arterioles, which supply blood to the second capillary network, the peritubular capillaries. From the peritubular capillaries, blood exits through the small veins and finally, the renal vein. There are two types of nephrons: Juxtamedullary nephrons have their glomeruli near the corticomedullary border. They have larger glomeruli and therefore higher glomerular

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