Carrying away. For example, an artery is an efferent vessel that carries blood away from the heart, and an efferent nerve carries impulses away from the central nervous system. The opposite of efferent is afferent.

[L. ex, out of + ferre, to bear] Carrying away from a center, applied to nerves and blood vessels.

To carry something away

moving away from the centre, e.g. efferent nerve fibres carry motor impulses to muscles.

"conveying outward or away," 1827, from Latin efferentem (nominative efferens), present participle of effere "to carry out or away, bring forth," from ef- (see ex-) + ferre "t [..]

outgoing information or neuronal connection; going away from or out of the central nervous system

Carrying away. For example, an artery is an efferent vessel that carries blood a...

motor pathway proceeding from the CNS toward the peripheral end organs

Conveying or carrying away from a center (opposite of afferent). Example: an efferent neuron carries information from the central nervous system to the periphery.

(ef´er-ent) Conveying away from the center of an organ or structure. efferent arteriole

The conducting or conveying of something away from a central point. Compare afferent.

Carrying away from. Used for nerves and blood vessels, e.g. efferent arteriole carries blood away from the glomerulus of the kidney.

In reference to an axon, carrying information from the nervous system to the periphery. See Box 2.2. Compare afferent.

(n) a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands(adj) of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS

Motor pathway proceeding from the central nervous system toward the peripheral end organs.

Carrying away from. ''An efferent nerve carries impulses from the brain to the body.'' Carried outward. ''Efferent impulses are those conveyed by the motor or efferent nerves from the central [..]