Medical Dictionary

juxtaglomerular cell

noun

Medical Definition of JUXTAGLOMERULAR CELL

:  any of a group of cells that are situated in the wall of each afferent arteriole of a kidney glomerulus near its point of entry adjacent to a macula densa and that produce and secrete renin

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