Defenition of the word afferent

Defenition of the word afferent
- Conveying towards a center.
- (physiology) of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS; "afferent nerves"; "afferent impulses"
- of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS; "afferent nerves"; "afferent impulses"
- a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system
- of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS