afferent
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These again split to form cortical radiate arteries that radiate out and branch into many afferent arterioles that enter the capillaries supplying the nephrons.
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They constrict the afferent arterioles, causing the flow of blood into the nephrons to stop.
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Once the afferent arterioles are constricted, blood flow into the nephrons stops.
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It constricts the afferent arterioles, causing the flow of blood into the nephrons to stop.
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They open by a smooth and oval or slit-like, orifice into the afferent pulmonary vessels, on each of which, as Professor Owen has observed, they are disposed in three clusters.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
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