What is the flow of blood after it enters the kidney through the renal artery?
1) “The blood enters the kidney through the renal artery in the renal sinus. It branches into segmental arteries, which further divide into interlobar arteries penetrating the renal capsule and extending through the renal columns between the renal pyramids. The interlobar arteries then supply blood to the arcuate arteries that run through the boundary of the cortex and the medulla. Each arcuate artery supply a variety of additional interlobar arteries that feed into the afferent arterioles to be filtered through the nephrons. After filtration occurs the blood moves through a small network of venules that converge into interlobar veins. As with the arteriole distribution the veins follow the same pattern, the interlobar provide blood to the arcuate veins then back to the interlobar veins which come to form the renal vein exiting the kidney Blood filtering takes place in the (nephron), which is found in the kidney.” Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidney 2) “
