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What is the role of offerent arteriole in the formation of vasa recta?

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The offerent arteriolo serving the medullary nephron forms bundles of long straight vessel called vasa l'ecta and runs parallel to the loop of Henle. Vasa recta is absent or reduced in cortical nephrons.
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