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afferent

[af-er-uhnt] / ˈæf ər ənt /


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Once the afferent arterioles are constricted, blood flow into the nephrons stops.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Outer hair cells connect to only 10 percent of the afferent neurons, and each afferent neuron innervates many hair cells.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

About 90 percent of the afferent neurons carry information from inner hair cells, with each hair cell synapsing with 10 or so neurons.

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Stimulation of the sensory receptor activates the associated afferent neuron, which carries information about the stimulus to the central nervous system.

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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 Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)