efferent
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Bearing or conducting inwards to a part or organ; Ð opposed to efferent; as, afferent vessels; afferent nerves, which convey sensations from the external organs to the brain.
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When the collateral circulation is insufficient to remove the blood from a region whose efferent venous trunk is completely filled with a thrombus, the phenomena of stagnation are produced.
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The blood is collected from the walls of the gill-sacs by a series of efferent vessels which open into the dorsal aorta.
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The gonads, as in other Arthropoda, are hollow saccular organs, the cavity communicating with the efferent ducts.
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A, of Helix; B, of Eolis; a, ova; b, developing spermatozoa; c, common efferent duct.
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