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Afferent (adjective)
Carrying towards.
“An afferent nerve carries impulses from the body to the brain.”
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Afferent (noun)
An afferent structure or connection
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Efferent (adjective)
Carrying away from.
“An efferent nerve carries impulses from the brain to the body.”
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Efferent (adjective)
Carried outward.
“Efferent impulses are those conveyed by the motor or efferent nerves from the central nervous organ outwards.”
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Efferent (noun)
A duct or stream that carries away.
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Afferent (adjective)
conducting or conducted inwards or towards something (for nerves, the central nervous system; for blood vessels, the organ supplied).
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Afferent (noun)
an afferent nerve fibre or vessel.
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Efferent (adjective)
conducted or conducting outwards or away from something (for nerves, the central nervous system; for blood vessels, the organ supplied)
“efferent neurons carry impulses outwards to the effector organs”
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Efferent (noun)
an efferent nerve fibre or vessel.