- Look up
afferent in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Afferent may
refer to:
Meaning "conveying
towards a center":
Afferent arterioles,
blood vessels that...
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Afferent nerve fibers are
axons (nerve fibers) of
sensory neurons that
carry sensory information from
sensory receptors to the
central nervous system....
- The
afferent arterioles are a
group of
blood vessels that
supply the
nephrons in many
excretory systems. They play an
important role in the regulation...
- the
tissues and
towards the
lymph nodes can be
classified as
afferent vessels.
These afferent vessels then
drain into the
subcapsular sinus. The efferent...
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Visceral afferent may
refer to:
General visceral afferent fibers Special visceral afferent This set
index article includes a list of
related items that...
- A
relative afferent pupillary defect (RAPD), also
known as a
Marcus Gunn
pupil (after
Robert Marcus Gunn), is a
medical sign
observed during the swinging-flashlight...
- The
general visceral afferent (GVA)
fibers conduct sensory impulses (usually pain or
reflex sensations) from the
internal organs, glands, and
blood vessels...
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opposite direction of
neural activity is
afferent conduction,
which carries impulses by way of the
afferent nerve fibers of
sensory neurons. In the nervous...
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transmission of
nerve signals from the
motor cortex to the body, and from the
afferent fibers of the
sensory neurons to the
sensory cortex. It is also a center...
- A
sensory nerve, or
afferent nerve, is an
anatomic term for a
nerve that
contains exclusively afferent nerve fibers.
Nerves containing also
motor fibers...
