Afferent

From Psychology Wiki

Afferent is an anatomical term with the following meanings:

• Conveying towards a center.

• Something that so conducts, see Afferent nerve

It may refer to:

• Afferent pathways
• Afferent stimulation
• General somatic afferent fibers
• General visceral afferent fibers
• Special somatic afferent
• Special visceral afferent

[edit] References

• Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary 30th Ed., ISBN 0-7216-0146-4