afferent
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Stimulation of the sensory receptor activates the associated afferent neuron, which carries information about the stimulus to the central nervous system.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The afferent, bipolar neurons that convey auditory information travel from the cochlea to the medulla, through the pons and midbrain in the brainstem, finally reaching the primary auditory cortex in the temporal lobe.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Efferent synapses occur on outer hair cells and on afferent dendrites under inner hair cells.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
This information is sent to the CNS via afferent sensory nerves.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Changes in other organs as the result of arteriosclerosis of their afferent vessels occur, but are not so characteristic as in the kidney.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield
