afferent

1. Of nerves and nerve impulses;
   Conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS (synset 300334249)
   "afferent nerves"; "afferent impulses"
   referred to in: physiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms
   similar to:

   • centripetal, receptive, sensory - of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system
   • corticipetal, corticoafferent - of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the cerebral cortex

1. A nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system (synset 105482786)
   is a type of: nerve, nervus - any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
   subtypes:

   • dorsal horn, dorsal root, posterior horn, posterior root - one of two roots of a spinal nerve that passes dorsally from the spinal cord and that consists of sensory fibers
   • fillet, lemniscus - a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus
   has:

   • afferent neuron, sensory neuron - a neuron conducting impulses inwards to the brain or spinal cord
   • afferent fiber, sensory fiber - a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the central nervous system
   same as: afferent nerve, sensory nerve

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