efferent

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They constrict the efferent arterioles, causing the flow of blood into the nephrons to stop.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The glomerulus has a relatively high pressure inside its capillaries and can sustain this by dilating the afferent arteriole while constricting the efferent arteriole.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

A long reflex has afferent branches that enter the spinal cord or brain and involve the efferent branches, as previously explained.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Because the efferent branch of a visceral reflex involves two neurons—the central neuron and the ganglionic neuron—a “short circuit” can be possible.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

E., eye. e.br., efferent branchial arteries. g.s., in position of gill slits. h.br.a., hypobranchial artery.

From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)