vasa recta
vasa recta Thin-walled blood vessels that branch from the efferent arterioles leaving each glomerulus in the vertebrate kidney (see nephron). The vasa recta form U-shaped loops adjacent to the loop of Henle and eventually drain into the renal vein.
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