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In the nervous system, efferent nerves – otherwise known as motor or effector neurons – carry nerve impulses away from the central nervous system to effectors such as muscles or glands (and also t...
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Afferent nerve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the nervous system, afferent neurons (otherwise known as sensory or receptor neurons), carry nerve impulses from receptors or sense organs toward the central nervous system. This term can also ...
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We have therefore begun examining damage and regeneration of efferent nerve terminals by immunolabeling whole-mount cochleae for differentially localized synaptic proteins and by visualizing the distribution of label with confocal microscopy.
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We examined whether centrally administered somatostatin would inhibit pancreatic exocrine secretion that was stimulated by vagal efferent nerve excitation in conscious rats.
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Online Medical Dictionary and glossary with medical definitions ... Efferent nerve: A nerve that carries impulses away from the central nervous system (CNS). An efferent nerve is the opposite of an afferent nerves that carries impulses toward the CNS.
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efferent nerve n. A nerve conveying impulses from the central nervous system to the periphery . Also called centrifugal nerve ... What is vagus nerve efferent?
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Home | Specialties | Resource Centers | CME | PDA | Contributor Recruitment | Patient Education ... Pronunciation: ( ef¢ĕr-ent nĕrv) A nerve conveying impulses from the central nervous system to the periphery. syn: centrifugal nerve ...
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on efferent nerve (anatomy), ...central system, while the peripheral system is composed of (1) the cerebrospinal nerves that go to the spinal cord (afferent nerves), transmitting sensory stimuli and those that come from the cord (efferent nerves) transmitting impulses to activate ...
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on efferent nerve fibre (anatomy), ...nuclei. Portions of the central nervous system in which unmyelinated neurons and neuroglia predominate are called gray matter; areas in which myelinated neurons dominate are called white matter. ... Efferent, or motor, nerve fibres carry impulses...
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Efferent nerves are one of the two types of peripheral nerves (those not in the brain or spinal cord) - the other type of nerves are called afferent nerves.
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