Term Name:	renal afferent arteriole
Synonyms:	afferent arteriole, afferent glomerular arteriole, afferent glomerular arteriole of kidney, arteriola glomerularis afferens, arteriola glomerularis afferens renis, kidney afferent arteriole
Definition:	the blood vessels that branch from the kidney interlobular artery, convey blood to the glomerular capillaries, and play an important role in the regulation of blood pressure as a part of the tubuloglomerular feedback mechanism
Ontology:	Cell Ontology [UBERON:0004639]