Examples from literature

• A complex system of intermediate neurons, found mostly in the brain, join the afferent with the efferent pathways. 
• He believes that every instinctive process consists of an afferent part or message, a central part, and an efferent part or discharge. 
• In some cases ligation of the afferent vessels has been successful. 
• The respiratory center is also connected by afferent nerves with the mucous membrane of the air passages. 
• There are two sets of nerve-fibers, those which transmit sensory impulses, called afferent or sensory nerves, and those which transmit motor impulses, called efferent or motor nerves.