efferent
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The glomerulus has a relatively high pressure inside its capillaries and can sustain this by dilating the afferent arteriole while constricting the efferent arteriole.
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Recall that the DCT is in intimate contact with the afferent and efferent arterioles of the glomerulus.
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This activates efferent neurons to release acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junctions, producing detrusor contraction and bladder emptying.
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It acts systemically to cause vasoconstriction as well as constriction of both the afferent and efferent arterioles of the glomerulus.
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The boy who had had to stay in a therapeutic chair all his life because his efferent nerves could not control his body.
From Anything You Can Do ... by Garrett, Randall
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
