Information about Afferent
Afferent is an anatomical term with the following meanings:
- Conveying towards a center, for example the afferent arterioles conveying blood towards the Bowman's capsule in the Kidney.
- Something that so conducts, see Afferent nerve
- Afferent lymphatic vessels
References
- Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary 30th Ed., ISBN 0-7216-0146-4
Anatomy (from the Greek ἀνατομία anatomia, from ἀνατέμνειν
..... Click the link for more information.
..... Click the link for more information.
Property law
Part of the common law series
Acquisition of property
Gift · Adverse possession · Deed
Lost, mislaid, and abandoned property
Alienation · Bailment · License
Estates in land
..... Click the link for more information.
Part of the common law series
Acquisition of property
Gift · Adverse possession · Deed
Lost, mislaid, and abandoned property
Alienation · Bailment · License
Estates in land
..... Click the link for more information.
The afferent arterioles are a group of blood vessels that supply the nephrons in many excretory systems.
The afferent arterioles branch from the renal artery which supplies blood to the kidneys.
..... Click the link for more information.
The afferent arterioles branch from the renal artery which supplies blood to the kidneys.
..... Click the link for more information.
The Bowman's capsule(other names: capsula glomeruli, glomerular capsule) is a cup like sac at the beginning of the tubular component of a nephron in the mammalian kidney. A glomerulus is enclosed in the sac.
..... Click the link for more information.
..... Click the link for more information.
The kidneys are organs that filter wastes (such as urea) from the blood and excrete them, along with water, as urine. The medical field that studies the kidneys and diseases of the kidney is called nephrology[1].
..... Click the link for more information.
..... Click the link for more information.
1.A personal behavior; a way of acting
2.Using hand gestures to direct
Conduct may refer to:
..... Click the link for more information.
2.Using hand gestures to direct
Conduct may refer to:
- Behavior
- Action (philosophy), in relation to moral or ethical precepts
- Conducting a musical ensemble
See also
- Conductor (disambiguation)
..... Click the link for more information.
afferent neurons--otherwise known as sensory or receptor neurons--carry nerve impulses from receptors or sense organs toward the central nervous system. This is the case vice versa as well. This term can also be used to describe relative connections between structures.
..... Click the link for more information.
..... Click the link for more information.
The afferent lymphatic vessels enter at all parts of the periphery of the gland, and after branching and forming a dense plexus in the substance of the capsule, open into the lymph sinuses of the cortical part.
..... Click the link for more information.
..... Click the link for more information.
Dorland's is the brand name of several different medical dictionaries and ancillary products, chiefly Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (currently in its 31st edition) and Dorland's Pocket Medical Dictionary (currently in its 27th edition).
..... Click the link for more information.
..... Click the link for more information.
This article is copied from an article on Wikipedia.org - the free encyclopedia created and edited by online user community. The text was not checked or edited by anyone on our staff. Although the vast majority of the wikipedia encyclopedia articles provide accurate and timely information please do not assume the accuracy of any particular article. This article is distributed under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License.
Herod_Archelaus