Efferent

Efferent may refer to:

Anatomical structures
Meaning 'conveying away from a center':
 * Efferent arterioles, conveying blood away from the Bowman's capsule in the kidney
 * Efferent nerve fiber, carries nerve impulses away from the central nervous system toward the peripheral effector organs
 * Efferent lymph vessel, lymph vessels that carry lymph from a lymph node
 * Efferent ducts, connect the rete testis with the initial section of the epididymis

Other uses

 * Efferent coupling, a metric in software development