Additional causes of bleeding in early pregnancy include: 1  Cervical changes. During pregnancy, extra blood flows to the cervix. 2  Infection. Any infection of the cervix, vagina, or a sexually transmitted infection (such as chlamydia, gonorrhea, or herpes) can cause bleeding in the first trimester.
A: Afferent neurons are special nerve cells that are responsible for carrying nerve impulses from the receptors to the central nervous system. Efferent neurons carry nerve impulses from the central nervous system to the muscles and glands. Continue Reading.
Structure [edit]. The axons of dorsal root ganglion neurons are known as afferents. In the peripheral nervous system, afferents refer to the axons that relay sensory information into the central nervous system (i.e. the brain and the spinal cord).