Afferent
Afferent may refer to:
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Anatomical structures
Meaning "conveying towards a center":
- Afferent arterioles, blood vessels that supply the nephrons
- Afferent lymphatic vessels, lymph vessels that carry lymph to a lymph node
- Afferent nerve fiber, an axonal projection that arrives at a particular region
Other uses
- Afferent couplings, in software, classes in other packages that depend upon classes within a given package
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