afferent
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It constricts the afferent arterioles, causing the flow of blood into the nephrons to stop.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
In proprioception, proprioceptive and kinesthetic signals travel through myelinated afferent neurons running from the spinal cord to the medulla.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Thus, action potentials transmitted over a sensory receptor’s afferent axons encode one type of stimulus, and this segregation of the senses is preserved in other sensory circuits.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
This information is sent to the CNS via afferent sensory nerves.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The afferent nerves are those which convey the impression to the nerve centers.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
