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Efferent may refer to:

Anatomical structures

Meaning 'conveying away from a center':

• Efferent arterioles, conveying blood away from the Bowman's capsule in the kidney
• Efferent nerve fiber, carries nerve impulses away from the central nervous system toward the peripheral effector organs
• Efferent lymph vessel, lymph vessels that carry lymph from a lymph node
• Efferent ducts, connect the rete testis with the initial section of the epididymis

Other uses

• Efferent coupling, a metric in software development

See also

• Afferent (disambiguation)

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