efferent
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It constricts the efferent arterioles, causing the flow of blood into the nephrons to stop.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Because the efferent branch of a visceral reflex involves two neurons—the central neuron and the ganglionic neuron—a “short circuit” can be possible.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The glomerulus is a high-pressure capillary bed between afferent and efferent arterioles.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
A long reflex has afferent branches that enter the spinal cord or brain and involve the efferent branches, as previously explained.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The auricles, one pair, are contractile expansions of the efferent branchial vessels.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
