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Keywords:
Efferent,
Cns,
Impulse,
Centripetal,
Axon
Bearing or conducting inwards to a part or organ; -- opposed to efferent; as, afferent vessels; afferent nerves, which convey sensations from the external organs to the brain.
towards, e.g., the heart, the brain, etc.
going towards, ie. conveying impulses towards a nerve center such as a brain
Conveying or carrying toward a center (opposite of efferent). Example: an afferent neuron carries information from the hand toward or to the central nervous system.
(af´ ur unt) [L. ad: to + ferre: to bear] • To or toward, as in a neuron that carries impulses to the central nervous system, or a blood vessel that carries blood to a structure. (Contrast with efferents.)
moving or carrying inward or toward a central part. Refers to vessels, nerves, etc. For example, blood vessels carrying blood toward the heart, or nerves conducting signals to the brain. Contrast with efferent.
Refers to nerves that carry messages from sense organs towards the spinal cord and brain, i.e., sensory nerves.
pathways conduct nervous activity to the spinal cord and brain.
Refers to sensory fibres conveying information towards the CNS.
refers to a neuron or pathway that sends information into the CNS, typically sensory in nature
of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS; "afferent nerves"; "afferent impulses"
An axon that conducts action potentials from the periphery toward the central nervous system
An axon conducting action potentials towards the central nervous system. See Efferent.
Conveying a fluid or a nerve impulse toward an organ or area (as opposed to efferent)
Carrying impulses toward the central nervous system, or toward the cortex.
descriptive term applied to vessels (blood or lymphatic) flowing into an organ or structure. ( efferent).
adjective, Latin ad = to, and ferent = carrying (cf. ferry), hence, carrying to, e.g., axons carrying information from retina to lateral geniculate nucleus are afferents to that nucleus.
Afferent is a general term applied to nerves or blood vessels that means nerve signals or blood are traveling from the peripheral to the center of the body.
refers to nerves that travel from the rest of the body (e.g., skin, muscles, organs) to the brain and spinal cord. Contrast with efferent.
inward direction of neural impulses, toward the central nervous system
Towards the centre.
Sensory pathway proceeding toward the central nervous system from the peripheral receptor organs.
An afferent neural signal is one which propagates towards the brain (or towards higher centres). An afferent neurone is a nerve which transmits afferent neural signals. (see also "centripetal" and "ascending")
Input to the cell body and dendrites (Note: In the PNS, afferent = sensory, but not necessarily so within the CNS)
Neural information flowing from the periphery to more central areas of the nervous system.
Carrying impulses towards a center; when sensory nerve impulses are sent toward the brain.
An afferent fibre is a fibre originating at the present point. For example a striatal afferent is an afferent originating at the striatum. See Efferent.
'carrying toward'. Strictly, applies to nerve impulses traveling toward CNS along sensory fibers; is loosely applied within CNS, e.g. afferent connections of the cerebellum ( Ch. 22). See also Centripetal.
carrying something (like a nerve impulse) toward the central part.
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