efferent
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Once the efferent arteriole exits the glomerulus, it forms the peritubular capillary network, which surrounds and interacts with parts of the renal tubule.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
The branch that exits the glomerulus is called the efferent arteriole.
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
This reflex is similar to the somatic reflex, but the efferent branch is composed of two neurons.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
It is only where efferent stimuli do not immediately become entirely transmuted into outwardly moving impulses that mental action comes in and an animal feels.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
