efferent

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Because the efferent branch of a visceral reflex involves two neurons—the central neuron and the ganglionic neuron—a “short circuit” can be possible.

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The glomerulus is a high-pressure capillary bed between afferent and efferent arterioles.

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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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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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The oxygenated blood is carried from each gill by an efferent vessel on the external or pallial side of the axis to another longitudinal vessel which leads to the auricle on each side.

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