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afferent
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afferent [′af·ə·rənt]
(physiology)
Conducting or conveying inward or toward the center, specifically in reference to nerves and blood vessels.
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The walls of afferent arterioles were effaced by smudgy eosinophilic material that severely narrowed the vessel lumens, and nuclear pyknosis and karyorrhexis were seen within the altered arteriolar walls (Figure 1).
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Rolofylline increases renal blood flow and urine production by blocking adenosine-mediated vasoconstriction of the afferent arterioles of the kidneys and inhibiting salt and water reabsorption by the kidney.
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