efferent

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Afferent and efferent can also refer generally to neurons which, respectively, bring information to or send information from brain region.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

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

Recall that the DCT is in intimate contact with the afferent and efferent arterioles of the glomerulus.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

They also diminish GFR by damaging the podocytes and by potently vasoconstricting both the afferent and efferent arterioles.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

A message along a nerve to a ganglion cell is an afferent impression, from a cell to a muscle or other external end is an efferent impression.

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