afferent

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In proprioception, proprioceptive and kinesthetic signals travel through myelinated afferent neurons running from the spinal cord to the medulla.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

These again split to form arcuate arteries, from which cortical radiate arteries radiate out and branch into many afferent arterioles that enter the capillaries supplying the nephrons.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The branch that enters the glomerulus is called the afferent arteriole.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

This information is sent to the CNS via afferent sensory nerves.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

The lesions of the arteriosclerotic kidney are due to narrowing and eventual obstruction of the afferent vessels.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall