afferent

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About 90 percent of the afferent neurons carry information from inner hair cells, with each hair cell synapsing with 10 or so neurons.

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For example, the DCT ascending limb of the loop of Henle has masses of cells called macula densa, which are in contact with cells of the afferent arterioles called juxtaglomerular cells.

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

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The cortical radiate arteries branch into numerous afferent arterioles, and then enter the capillaries supplying the nephrons.

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Endeavours were first made to investigate the participation of the spleen in the formation of the white blood corpuscles by counting the white corpuscles in the afferent and efferent vessels of the spleen.

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by Myers, W.