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efferent fiber

NOUN
  1. a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the muscles or glands

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  • It is as if what are sometimes called the associative fibers, both ends of which are in the brain, were dwarfed in comparison with the afferent and efferent fibers that mediate sense and motion. Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene
  • Efferent fibers of tuberculum acusticum, forming the striae medullares, with 6’, their direct bundle going to the superior olivary nucleus of the same side; 6’’, their decussating bundles going to the superior olivary nucleus of the opposite side. IX. Neurology. 4e. Composition and Central Connections of the Spinal Nerves
  • The cells of this column are fusiform or star-shaped, and of a medium size: the axons of some of them pass into the anterior nerve roots, by which they are carried to the sympathetic nerves: they constitute the white rami and are sympathetic or visceral efferent fibers; they are also known as preganglionic fibers of the sympathetic system; the axons of others pass into the anterior and lateral funiculi, where they become longitudinal. IX. Neurology. 3. The Spinal Cord or Medulla Spinalis
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