efferent
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Once the efferent arteriole exits the glomerulus, it forms the peritubular capillary network, which surrounds and interacts with parts of the renal tubule.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
It constricts the efferent arterioles, causing the flow of blood into the nephrons to stop.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
The branch that exits the glomerulus is called the efferent arteriole.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Figure 15.6 Comparison of Somatic and Visceral Reflexes The afferent inputs to somatic and visceral reflexes are essentially the same, whereas the efferent branches are different.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
To illustrate Kidney structure.-- a.b.v., and e.b.v., afferent and efferent blood-vessels, of which the latter go to break up upon the tubli.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
