| NOUN | body | afferent nerve, sensory nerve, afferent | a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system |
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| Meaning | A nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system. | |
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| Synonyms | sensory nerve, afferent | |
| Parts | sensory fiber, afferent fiber | A nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the central nervous system |
| sensory neuron, afferent neuron | A neuron conducting impulses inwards to the brain or spinal cord | |
| Narrower | dorsal root, dorsal horn, posterior root, posterior horn | One of the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes dorsally to the spinal cord and that consists of sensory fibers |
| lemniscus, fillet | A bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus | |
| Broader | nerve, nervus | Any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body |
| Spanish | aferente, nervio aferente, nervio sensorial | |
| Catalan | nervi sensitiu, nervi sensorial | |
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