afferent
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Outer hair cells connect to only 10 percent of the afferent neurons, and each afferent neuron innervates many hair cells.
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In proprioception, proprioceptive and kinesthetic signals travel through myelinated afferent neurons running from the spinal cord to the medulla.
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The branch that enters the glomerulus is called the afferent arteriole.
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They constrict the afferent arterioles, causing the flow of blood into the nephrons to stop.
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These four afferent branchial arches are equivalent to the first four of the five vessels of the dog-fish.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
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