efferent
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It constricts the efferent arterioles, causing the flow of blood into the nephrons to stop.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
They constrict the efferent arterioles, causing the flow of blood into the nephrons to stop.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
They also diminish GFR by damaging the podocytes and by potently vasoconstricting both the afferent and efferent arterioles.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The glomerulus is a high-pressure capillary bed between afferent and efferent arterioles.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The gas didn't exactly induce suspended animation, but it paralyzed efferent nerves and slowed the overall metabolism to a point where a man could live for weeks on one lungful of air.
From Duel on Syrtis by Anderson, Poul William
