Efferent

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Efferent may refer to:

Anatomical structures

Meaning 'conveying away from a center':

  • Efferent arterioles, conveying blood away from the Bowman's capsule in the kidney
  • Efferent nerve fiber, carries nerve impulses away from the central nervous system toward the peripheral effector organs
  • Efferent lymph vessel, lymph vessels that carry lymph from a lymph node
  • Efferent ducts, connect the rete testis with the initial section of the epididymis

Other uses

  • Efferent coupling, a metric in software development

See also

  • Afferent (disambiguation)
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