HyperDic: efferent_nerve

English > 1 sense of the expression efferent nerve:
NOUNbodyefferent nerve, motor nerve, efferenta nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands
English > efferent nerve: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningA nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands.
Synonymsmotor nerve, efferent
Partsmotor fiber, efferent fiberA nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the muscles or glands
motor neuron, efferent neuron, motor nerve fiber, motoneuronA neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord
Narrowerpyramidal tract, pyramidal motor system, corticospinal tractAny of the important motor nerves on each side of the central nervous system that run from the sensorimotor areas of the cortex through the brainstem to motor neurons of the cranial nerve nuclei and the ventral root of the spinal cord
ventral root, ventral horn, anterior root, anterior hornOne of two the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes ventrally from the spinal cord and that consists of motor fibers
Broadernerve, nervusAny bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
Spanisheferente, nervio motor

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