efferent
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The branch that exits the glomerulus is called the efferent arteriole.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
It constricts the efferent arterioles, causing the flow of blood into the nephrons to stop.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
It increases GFR through concurrent vasodilation of the afferent arteriole and vasoconstriction of the efferent arteriole.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
It acts systemically to cause vasoconstriction as well as constriction of both the afferent and efferent arterioles of the glomerulus.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
A vast amount of our activities are reflex, and in such action an efferent stimulus follows an afferent promptly and quite mechanically.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
