afferent
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The branch that enters the glomerulus is called the afferent arteriole.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
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.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
These again split to form arcuate arteries, from which cortical radiate arteries radiate out and branch into many afferent arterioles that enter the capillaries supplying the nephrons.
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They constrict the afferent arterioles, causing the flow of blood into the nephrons to stop.
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These four afferent branchial arches are equivalent to the first four of the five vessels of the dog-fish.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
