efferent
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They constrict the efferent arterioles, causing the flow of blood into the nephrons to stop.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
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
The glomerulus has a relatively high pressure inside its capillaries and can sustain this by dilating the afferent arteriole while constricting the efferent arteriole.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Recall that the DCT is in intimate contact with the afferent and efferent arterioles of the glomerulus.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
It is only where efferent stimuli do not immediately become entirely transmuted into outwardly moving impulses that mental action comes in and an animal feels.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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