efferent

Examples

• All

• Efferent nerve fibers coming from the brainstem have terminals that synapse directly on the outer hair cell.

  Academic text (1998)

• I hope that you are finally clear on the difference between afferent and efferent nerves.

  Fiction book (1994)

• The content of the efferent copy is not itself conscious.

  Academic text (1999)

• And I do know the difference between afferent and efferent.

  Fiction book (1994)

• And we talked about some efferent nerve endings on the hair cells and the nerve fibers.

• You do see it in lower vertebrates, but in mammalian systems the auditory hair cells get an efferent innervation.

• Importantly, afferent information flow is ascending hierarchical, and efferent information flow is descending hierarchical, as originally proposed by Luria (1973).

  Academic text (2008)

• The efferent nerves carry signals away from the brain to muscles, allowing movement.

• In the human body, efferent pathways transmit commands that result in actions like walking.

• When the brain sends a message to the heart to beat faster, it uses efferent signals.

Synonyms

M

motorial

vsefferent

• Specialized

9.9

To send signals from the brain and spinal cord to muscles to make them move

conveys signals away from the central nervous system in a broader way

Antonyms

A

afferent

• Specialized

1 8.9

Carrying sensory information from the body to the spinal cord or brain

Compounds

E

efferent fiber

• Specialized

8.1

A nerve that carries signals from the brain or spinal cord to muscles and glands

E

efferent nerve

• Specialized

6.8

A nerve that sends signals from the brain and spinal cord to muscles or glands

E

efferent neuron

• Specialized

7.4

Nerve cell that carries signals from the brain or spinal cord to muscles and glands

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology