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

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

Recall that the DCT is in intimate contact with the afferent and efferent arterioles of the glomerulus.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

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

Its organs are the afferent and efferent nerves, the brain, the sense-organs and the voluntary muscles; the brain is its central organ.

From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell