Sentences with phrase «efferent fibers»

Efferent fibers are projections of motor neurons that control the gut's motility.

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In vertebrates, motor neurons (also called motoneurons) are efferent neurons that originate in the spinal cord and synapse with muscle fibers to facilitate muscle contraction and with muscle spindles to modify proprioceptive sensitivity.

The vagus nerve is composed of two kinds of fibers: 10 - 20 % of fibers are «efferents» whereas the remaining 80 - 90 % are «afferents.»

Muscle fibers produce tensile force in this way in response to pulsed electrical signals sent from the central nervous system (CNS) along efferent nerves.

Unlike the action potential that travels in a single direction along the efferent nerve, the propagating MAP travels in both directions along the muscle fiber from the motor point.

When the central nervous system sends a signal (called neural drive) down the efferent nerves to the neuromuscular junction, this causes an action potential to propagate along the muscle fiber, leading to depolarization.