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Afferent synonyms

ăf'ər-ənt

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efferent (related)
Carrying impulses from the central nervous system to an effector.
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sensory
Transmitting impulses from sense organs to nerve centers; afferent.
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body (related)
Transmitting impulses from sense organs to nerve centers
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sensory nerve
a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system
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afferent nerve
a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system
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afferents (related)
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thalamic (related)
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nociceptive (related)
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mechanoreceptors (related)
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C-fibre (related)
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efferents (related)
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gabaergic (related)
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interneurones (related)
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midbrain (related)
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excitatory (related)
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vagal (related)
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  • One of these branches communicates with the afferent lophophoral vessel, while the other one opens into the crescentic efferent lophophoral vessel (r.v.).

  • Hence the blood returns once more to the afferent vessel through a splanchnic sinus which surrounds the stomach.

  • These processes are hollow, and receive the venous blood from, and return it again aerated into, the hollow axis, in which an afferent and an efferent blood-vessel may be differentiated.

  • In the filaments of the gill of Protobranchia and many Filibranchia the tubular cavity is divided by a more or less complete fibrous septum into two channels, for an afferent and efferent blood-current.

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