Centripetal (neurology)

Centripetal (derived from ancient Greek τὸ κέντρον [to kentron] = sting, then spiked rod or the point at which the circle is attached, and Latin petere = to strive) means in neurology and neurophysiology the course of excitation or the growth of nerve fibers the periphery towards the central nervous system (CNS) or to a special center within the CNS. The centripetal direction of excitation processes is in contrast to their centrifugal or efferent process. Centripetal nerves are also known as afferents , i.e. H. as sensitive and sensory nerves. In biology , the course of excitation in not yet centralized forms of the nervous system relates to the relationship to specific ganglia .

Individual evidence

↑ Norbert Boss (Ed.): Roche Lexicon Medicine . 2nd Edition. Hoffmann-La Roche AG and Urban & Schwarzenberg, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-541-13191-8 , to Lex.-Lemma "Zentripetal", p. 1851 (cf. online version under Zentripetal. ) In: Medizin-Lexikon. 5th edition.

[1] Norbert Boss (Ed.): Roche Lexicon Medicine . 2nd Edition. Hoffmann-La Roche AG and Urban & Schwarzenberg, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-541-13191-8 , to Lex.-Lemma "Zentripetal", p. 1851 (cf. online version under Zentripetal. ) In: Medizin-Lexikon. 5th edition.