efferent
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The branch that exits the glomerulus is called the efferent arteriole.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Figure 15.6 Comparison of Somatic and Visceral Reflexes The afferent inputs to somatic and visceral reflexes are essentially the same, whereas the efferent branches are different.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
They also diminish GFR by damaging the podocytes and by potently vasoconstricting both the afferent and efferent arterioles.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
This activates efferent neurons to release acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junctions, producing detrusor contraction and bladder emptying.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Its organs are the afferent and efferent nerves, the brain, the sense-organs and the voluntary muscles; the brain is its central organ.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
