Interlobar arteries

The interlobar arteries are vessels of the renal circulation which supply the renal lobes. The interlobar arteries branch from the lobar arteries which branch from the segmental arteries, from the renal artery. They give rise to arcuate arteries.[1]

Interlobar arteries
  1. Renal pyramid
  2. Interlobular artery
  3. Renal artery
  4. Renal vein
  5. Renal hilum
  6. Renal pelvis
  7. Ureter
  8. Minor calyx
  9. Renal capsule
  10. Inferior renal capsule
  11. Superior renal capsule
  12. Interlobar vein
  13. Nephron
  14. Renal sinus
  15. Major calyx
  16. Renal papilla
  17. Renal column
Details
Sourcerenal artery, via segmental arteries and lobar arteries
Branchesarcuate arteries
VeinInterlobar veins
Identifiers
Latinarteriae interlobares renis
TAA08.1.03.002
FMA70496
Anatomical terminology

References

  1. Medical physiology : a cellular and molecular approach. Boron, Walter F.,, Boulpaep, Emile L. (Updated second ed.). Philadelphia, PA. 2012. p. 750. ISBN 9781437717532. OCLC 756281854.CS1 maint: others (link)

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