afferent
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Outer hair cells connect to only 10 percent of the afferent neurons, and each afferent neuron innervates many hair cells.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
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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They constrict the afferent arterioles, causing the flow of blood into the nephrons to stop.
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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.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
These afferent impulses when perverted by functional derangement or disease may become serious disturbing influences.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
