afferent

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Once the afferent arterioles are constricted, blood flow into the nephrons stops.

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They constrict the afferent arterioles, causing the flow of blood into the nephrons to stop.

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The afferent, bipolar neurons that convey auditory information travel from the cochlea to the medulla, through the pons and midbrain in the brainstem, finally reaching the primary auditory cortex in the temporal lobe.

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Efferent synapses occur on outer hair cells and on afferent dendrites under inner hair cells.

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One of its essential functions is reception, via afferent nerves, of nervous impulses generated in the receptive organs by environmental agents as stimuli.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various