afferent
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About 90 percent of the afferent neurons carry information from inner hair cells, with each hair cell synapsing with 10 or so neurons.
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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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The branch that enters the glomerulus is called the afferent arteriole.
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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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There are two divisions of nerves, the afferent and efferent.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
