ISSN:
0003-276X
Keywords:
Life and Medical Sciences
;
Cell & Developmental Biology
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Serial sections of rat kidneys were studied for the presence of valves. Intimal valves were found in interlobular arteries at sites where arteriolar branches went directly to juxtamedullary glomeruli. Arteriolar branches to glomeruli which are not juxtamedullary glomeruli did not possess valves at their origins. This location suggests that these valves may be important as regulators of blood flow to the vasa recta spuria which supply the medulla.
Additional Material:
3 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ar.1091650104