efferent
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They also diminish GFR by damaging the podocytes and by potently vasoconstricting both the afferent and efferent arterioles.
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The glomerulus has a relatively high pressure inside its capillaries and can sustain this by dilating the afferent arteriole while constricting the efferent arteriole.
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The central autonomic structure is the hypothalamus, which coordinates sympathetic and parasympathetic efferent pathways to regulate activities of the organ systems of the body.
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The glomerulus is a high-pressure capillary bed between afferent and efferent arterioles.
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The oxygenated blood is carried from each gill by an efferent vessel on the external or pallial side of the axis to another longitudinal vessel which leads to the auricle on each side.
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