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What are peritubular capillaries?


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Peritubular capillaries:

  1. These are small blood vessels present in the kidneys and arise from efferent arterioles.
  2. They exist alongside parallel nephrons and surround the cortical regions of proximal and distal tubules.
  3. They conduct reabsorption between the bloodstream and the nephron's inner lumen.
  4. They are crucial for the production of urine during normal conditions.


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