efferent
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The branch that exits the glomerulus is called the efferent arteriole.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
It constricts the efferent arterioles, causing the flow of blood into the nephrons to stop.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Recall that the DCT is in intimate contact with the afferent and efferent arterioles of the glomerulus.
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
A message along a nerve to a ganglion cell is an afferent impression, from a cell to a muscle or other external end is an efferent impression.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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