English > afferent nerve: 1 sense > noun 1, bodyMeaning | A nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system. |
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Synonyms | sensory nerve, afferent |
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Parts | sensory fiber, afferent fiber | A nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the central nervous system |
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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 |
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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 |
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Spanish | aferente, nervio aferente, nervio sensorial |
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Catalan | nervi sensitiu, nervi sensorial |
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