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efferent

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efferent [′ef·ə·rənt]
(physiology)
Carrying or conducting away, as the duct of an exocrine gland or a nerve.


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When afferent neurons are unable to control the motility and mobility of the gastroduodenal juncture, we store rather than excrete toxins, staying locked in the efferent cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway.
Some of the topics discussed in the papers include the effects of static magnetic fields on the sympathetic nervous system in animals and humans, the role of rho/rho-kinase in the brainstem in cardiovascular regulation via the sympathetic nervous system, sympathetic afferent and efferent effects on the lower back and radicular pain, development of neurotransmitter content in sympathetic ganglia, and the basic autonomic and sensory innervation pattern of human nasal mucosa.
These lesions are typically cystic dilatations of tubules of the efferent ductules in the head of the epididymis.
 
 
 
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