Interlobular veins

Interlobular veins
Scheme of renal tubule and its vascular supply.
Details
Drains from	Efferent arteriole
Drains to	Arcuate vein
Artery	Interlobular arteries
Identifiers
Latin	venae interlobulares renis
Dorlands /Elsevier	v_05/12850670
TA	A05.8.01.058
FMA	71453
*Anatomical terminology*

The stellate veins join to form the interlobular veins, which pass inward between the rays, receive branches from the plexuses around the convoluted tubules, and, having arrived at the bases of the renal pyramids, join with the venae rectae.

References

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

Histology image: 16015loa – Histology Learning System at Boston University - "Urinary System: kidney, H&E, interlobular artery and vein"

Anatomy of the urinary system

Layers

Renal corpuscle	Glomerulus Bowman's capsule Glomerular basement membrane Podocyte Filtration slits Mesangium Intraglomerular mesangial cell
Renal tubule	Proximal convoluted tubule Loop of Henle Descending Thin ascending Thick ascending Distal convoluted tubule Connecting tubule Collecting ducts Tubular fluid Renal papilla Minor calyx Major calyx Renal pelvis
Juxtaglomerular apparatus	Macula densa Juxtaglomerular cells Mesangium Extraglomerular mesangial cell

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