efferent
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It constricts the efferent arterioles, causing the flow of blood into the nephrons to stop.
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
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 boy who had had to stay in a therapy chair all his life because his efferent nerves could not control his body.
From Anything You Can Do! by Garrett, Randall
