Afferent

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Afferent means centripetal, supplying, bringing to the center. E.g. an afferent neuron brings information to the central nervous system, an afferent arteriole brings blood to the glomerulus, etc. The opposite is efferent.

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ŠVÍGLEROVÁ, Jitka. Aferentní [online]. The last revision 2009-02-18, [cit. 2010-11-11]. <https://web.archive.org/web/20160306065550/http://wiki.lfp-studium.cz/index.php/Aferentní>.