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I always get confused with the words, afferent and efferent.

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I always get confused with the words, afferent and efferent.

Postby satrohraj on Sat Feb 24, 2007 8:00 pm

Can you help me, in anyway, in remembering that names?
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Postby Revenged on Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:14 pm

'a' comes before 'e'

'afferent' comes before 'efferent'

impulses must go to the brain first (afferent) and then go from the brain to their effector (efferent)
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Postby satrohraj on Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:18 pm

Actually i wasn't talking about brain in particular. But i got way to remember them (with a few modification to your answer)

Anyway Thanks.
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