Afferent vs. Centripetal — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Afferent and Centripetal
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Definitions
Afferent
Conducting or conducted inwards or towards something (for nerves, the central nervous system; for blood vessels, the organ supplied).
Centripetal
Moving or tending to move towards a centre.
Afferent
An afferent nerve fibre or vessel.
Centripetal
Moving or directed toward a center or axis.
Afferent
Carrying inward to a central organ or section, as nerves that conduct impulses from the periphery of the body to the brain or spinal cord.
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Centripetal
Operated by means of centripetal force.
Afferent
Carrying towards.
An afferent nerve carries impulses from the body to the brain.
Centripetal
(Physiology) Transmitting nerve impulses toward the central nervous system; afferent.
Afferent
An afferent structure or connection
Centripetal
(Botany) Developing or progressing inward toward the center or axis, as in the head of a sunflower, in which the oldest flowers are near the edge and the youngest flowers are in the center.
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Afferent
Bearing or conducting inwards to a part or organ; - opposed to efferent; as, afferent vessels; afferent nerves, which convey sensations from the external organs to the brain.
Centripetal
Tending or directed toward centralization
The centripetal effects of a homogeneous population.
Afferent
Of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS;
Afferent nerves
Afferent impulses
Centripetal
Directed or moving towards a centre.
Centripetal
Of, relating to, or operated by centripetal force.
Centripetal
Directed towards the central nervous system; afferent.
Centripetal
Tending, or causing, to approach the center.
Centripetal
Expanding first at the base of the inflorescence, and proceeding in order towards the summit.
Centripetal
Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone.
Centripetal
Tending to move toward a center;
Centripetal force
Centripetal
Tending to unify
Centripetal
Of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system;
Sensory neurons