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efferent nerve - a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands | ||
motor nerve, efferent | ||
nervus, nerve any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body | ||
anterior horn, anterior root, ventral horn, ventral root one of two the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes ventrally from the spinal cord and that consists of motor fibers | ||
efferent neuron, motoneuron, motor nerve fiber, motor neuron a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord | ||
efferent fiber, motor fiber a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the muscles or glands |