Afferent

Afferent means centripetal, afferent, bringing to the center. E.g. an afferent neuron brings information to the central nervous system, an afferent arteriole brings blood to the glomerulus, etc. The opposite is efferent.

Related articles

 * Interoreflective paths

Source
ŠVÍGLEROVÁ, Jitka. Afferent  [online]. Last revision 2009-02-18, [cit. 2010-11-11]. < https://web.archive.org/web/20160306065550/http://wiki.lfp-studium.cz/index.php/Aferenční >.

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