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afferent

/af-er-uhnt/US // ˈæf ər ənt //UK // (ˈæfərənt) //

传入,传入者,传入的,传入性

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : bringing to or leading toward an organ or part, as a nerve or arteriole.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a nerve carrying a message toward the central nervous system.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Hence one of the goals to which each afferent fibre from a receptive organ leads is a number of motor nerves.

  • The spinal cord is like an upturned tree, with man's hair as its roots, and afferent and efferent nerves as branches.

  • Dissect along the truncus arteriosus to afferent branchials.

  • There are two divisions of nerves, the afferent and efferent.

  • From the gills the afferent branchials carry the blood to the median dorsal aorta.