Efferent

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Efferent is an anatomical term with the following meanings:

• Conveying away from a center, for example the efferent arterioles conveying blood away from the Bowman's capsule in the kidney, in the opposite direction to the afferent arterioles
• Something that so conducts, see efferent nerve fiber
• Efferent lymph vessel

See also:

• Efferent ducts
• Efferent arteriole