efferent
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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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This activates efferent neurons to release acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junctions, producing detrusor contraction and bladder emptying.
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Recall that the DCT is in intimate contact with the afferent and efferent arterioles of the glomerulus.
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The glomerulus is a high-pressure capillary bed between afferent and efferent arterioles.
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Without an afferent nerve no influence of the world can reach the mind; and without an efferent nerve no conclusion of the mind can reach the world.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
