afferent nerve
Noun
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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 bodysubtypes:
- 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, sensory nerve
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