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View synonyms for afferent
afferent
[ af-er-uhnt ]
noun
- a nerve carrying a message toward the central nervous system.
afferent
/ ăf′ər-ənt /
- Carrying sensory information toward a central organ or part, as a nerve that conducts impulses from the periphery of the body to the central nervous system.
- Compare efferent
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- affer·ent·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of afferent1
C19: from Latin afferre to carry to, from ad- to + ferre to carry
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Example Sentences
Hence one of the goals to which each afferent fibre from a receptive organ leads is a number of motor nerves.
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The spinal cord is like an upturned tree, with man's hair as its roots, and afferent and efferent nerves as branches.
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Dissect along the truncus arteriosus to afferent branchials.
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There are two divisions of nerves, the afferent and efferent.
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From the gills the afferent branchials carry the blood to the median dorsal aorta.
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