Thesaurus: afferent

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1. a. 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.
2. adj. of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS
3. n. a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system
4. 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.
5. Bearing or conducting inwards to a part or organ; -- opposed toefferent; as, afferent vessels; afferent nerves, which conveysensations from the external organs to the brain.
6. j:100 a. of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS