Efferent nerve fibers are the axons of efferent neurons that exit a particular region. These terms have a slightly different meaning in the context of...

circuits in the central nervous system. Afferent nerve fibers are often paired with efferent nerve fibers from the motor neurons (that travel from the CNS...

subject, whereas efferent nerves allow the subject to effect change. Autonomic nervous system Sensory nerve Motor nerve Efferent nerve fiber Sensory neuron...

A motor nerve, or efferent nerve, is a nerve that contains exclusively efferent nerve fibers and transmits motor signals from the central nervous system...

General visceral efferent fibers (GVE), visceral efferents or autonomic efferents are the efferent nerve fibers of the autonomic nervous system (also known...

lower motor neurons. The axons from the lower motor neurons are efferent nerve fibers that carry signals from the spinal cord to the effectors. Types...

carrying afferent nerve fibers, which relay sensation from the body to the central nervous system (CNS), and nerves carrying efferent nerve fibers, which relay...

synapse Efferent nerve fibers carry motor nerve signals from the anterior horn to the muscles Effector muscle innervated by the efferent nerve fiber carries...

system are called nerves, and bundles of afferent fibers are known as sensory nerves. An efferent nerve fiber conducts signals from a motor neuron in the central...

Special visceral efferent fibers (SVE) are the efferent nerve fibers that provide motor innervation to the muscles of the pharyngeal arches in humans...

somatic efferent neurons to the extraocular muscles and some of the muscles of the tongue. Nerve fiber Efferent nerve General visceral efferent fiber (GVE)...

A type Ia sensory fiber, or a primary afferent fiber, is a type of afferent nerve fiber. It is the sensory fiber of a stretch receptor called the muscle...

the kidney Efferent nerve fiber, carries nerve impulses away from the central nervous system toward the peripheral effector organs Efferent lymph vessel...

over the first rib, and into the armpit, it supplies afferent and efferent nerve fibers to the chest, shoulder, arm, forearm, and hand. The brachial plexus...

afferent fiber's target organ, travel up to the ganglion where the sympathetic efferent fiber synapses, continue back along a splanchnic nerve from the...

C nerve fibers are one of three classes of nerve fiber in the central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral nervous system (PNS). The C group fibers are...

A mixed nerve is any nerve that contains both sensory (afferent) and motor (efferent nerve fibers). All 31 pairs of spinal nerves are mixed nerves. Four...

primary larynx-related functions of the mainly efferent nerve fiber RLN include the transmission of nerve signals to the muscles responsible for regulation...

parasympathetic fibers that travel in the facial nerve originate in the superior salivatory nucleus. The facial nerve also functions as the efferent limb of the...

vagus nerve (/ˈveɪ.ɡəs/), also known as the tenth cranial nerve, cranial nerve X, or simply CN X, is a cranial nerve that carries sensory fibers, that...

it. Human brain frontal (coronal) section Efferent nerve fiber Motor neuron (efferent neuron) Motor nerve This article incorporates text in the public...

distinct cell types in the adult human body Sensory nerve Motor nerve Afferent nerve fiber Efferent nerve fiber Motor neuron Parsons, Richard (2018). CGP: A-Level...

anterior view List of regions in the human brain Efferent nerve fiber Motor neuron (efferent neuron) Motor nerve Saladin, K (2012). Human anatomy (3rd ed.)...

carrying fibers of the autonomic nervous system (visceral efferent fibers) as well as sensory fibers from the organs (visceral afferent fibers). All carry...

Greek ἄξων áxōn, axis) or nerve fiber (or nerve fibre: see spelling differences) is a long, slender projection of a nerve cell, or neuron, in vertebrates...

bodies of the nucleus ambiguus give rise to the branchial efferent motor fibers of the vagus nerve (CN X) terminating in the laryngeal, and pharyngeal muscles...

trigeminal nerve (ophthalmic nerve, maxillary nerve) which contain only afferent fibers, the mandibular nerve contains both afferent and efferent fibers. These...

(closer to the nose) to the vagus nerve. Being a mixed nerve (sensorimotor), it carries afferent sensory and efferent motor information. The motor division...

mandibular nerve supplies motor as well as sensory (or "cutaneous") functions. Adding to the complexity of this nerve is that autonomic nerve fibers as well...

cell capable of responding to a stimulus at the terminal end of an efferent nerve fiber Plasma cell, an effector B cell in the immune system Effector T cells...