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afferent::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | afferent nerve, sensory nerve |
| Type of | nerve, nervus |
| Has types | dorsal horn, dorsal root, posterior root, lemniscus, fillet, posterior horn |
afferent::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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afferent nerves.
afferent impulses.
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The afferent arc of the reflex consists of nerves that sense injury and infection.
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The afferent arc is mediated by the General Sensory afferents of the Trigeminal Nerve.
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Paresthesia coverage depends upon which afferent nerves are stimulated.
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The same afferent unit can have transduction sites on both mesenteric and submucosal vessels.
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These impulses are transmitted to the brain through afferent neurons.
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The most important afferent in terms of quantity of axons is the corticostriatal connection.
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At high bladder volumes, afferent firing increases, causing a conscious sensation of urinary urge.
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At a certain level of afferent activity, the conscious urge to void becomes difficult to ignore.
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A novel role for TRPM8 in visceral afferent function.
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- Sensory nerve: a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system
- Of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS; "afferent nerves"; "afferent impulses"
- Afferent is an anatomical term with the following meanings: *Conveying towards a center, for example the afferent arterioles conveying blood towards the Bowman's capsule in the Kidney. Opposite to Efferent. *Something that so conducts, see Afferent nerve fibern*Afferent lymphatic vessels
- An afferent structure or connection; Carrying towards
- 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.
- 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.
- Carrying something (like a nerve impulse) toward the central part.
- 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.
- An axon coursing toward and innervating a given structure.
