afferent
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Outer hair cells connect to only 10 percent of the afferent neurons, and each afferent neuron innervates many hair cells.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
About 90 percent of the afferent neurons carry information from inner hair cells, with each hair cell synapsing with 10 or so neurons.
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.
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Once the afferent arterioles are constricted, blood flow into the nephrons stops.
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From this arise four afferent branchial arteries, running up along the sides of the four branchial arches, and supplying gills.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
