afferent

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

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

In proprioception, proprioceptive and kinesthetic signals travel through myelinated afferent neurons running from the spinal cord to the medulla.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

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

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

This information is sent to the CNS via afferent sensory nerves.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

A vast amount of our activities are reflex, and in such action an efferent stimulus follows an afferent promptly and quite mechanically.

From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)