afferent
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Outer hair cells connect to only 10 percent of the afferent neurons, and each afferent neuron innervates many hair cells.
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They constrict the afferent arterioles, causing the flow of blood into the nephrons to stop.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
For example, the DCT ascending limb of the loop of Henle has masses of cells called macula densa, which are in contact with cells of the afferent arterioles called juxtaglomerular cells.
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These again split to form arcuate arteries, from which cortical radiate arteries radiate out and branch into many afferent arterioles that enter the capillaries supplying the nephrons.
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Changes in other organs as the result of arteriosclerosis of their afferent vessels occur, but are not so characteristic as in the kidney.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall
