[
US
/ˈæfɝənt/
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[ UK /ˈæfɹənt/ ]
[ UK /ˈæfɹənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS
afferent nerves
afferent impulses
NOUN
- a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system
How To Use afferent In A Sentence
- Thus, units with preinspiratory discharge patterns may have comparatively low thresholds to stimulation by central chemoreceptor afferent inputs relative to inspiratory units.
- In addition, the dorsal central column of primary afferent fibers within the spinal cord appears susceptible to the inhibitory effects of hypoxia in rats.
- Proprioceptor afferents project to the phrenic motor neurons and affect their firing rate.
- The autonomic nervous system is divided into interacting and balancing systems, the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems and the visceral afferent system. SO STRESSED
- Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide afferents to the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in the rat: an immunohistochemical and biochemical study. More Parts of the Puzzle
- Objective To observe the developmental changes of projection and termination of proprioceptive afferent fibers in the mouse spinal cord.
- Local anesthetics also alter transmission of nociceptive impulses by blocking afferent sensory fibers.
- The fibres which come ultimately from the dorsal aspect of the spinal marrow are those which carry inwards the effect of a stimulus applied towards their ultimate termination, and are therefore called afferent, or sensory. The Common Frog
- It may also be the site of projection of proprioceptive afferents from the respiratory muscles and chest wall.
- In contrast to lymph nodes, the thymus contains no lymph sinuses or afferent lymphatic vessels.
