connected to connected to capable of part of capable of part of renal absorption Homo sapiens Homo sapiens kidney capillary renal efferent arteriole peritubular capillary uberon EMAPA:36558 MA:0002588 UBERON:0005272 Wikipedia:Peritubular_capillaries The tiny blood vessels that receive blood from the efferent arterioles of the glomerulus, and interact with superficial cortical nephrons allowing reabsorption and secretion between blood and the inner lumen of the nephron; peritubular capillaries are situated around the tubule and are at low pressure.