sensory nerve
English Thesaurus
1. a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system (noun.body)
hypernym | : | nerve, nervus, |
definition | : | any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | dorsal horn, dorsal root, |
definition | : | one of the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes dorsally to the spinal cord and that consists of sensory fibers (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | fillet, lemniscus, |
definition | : | a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus (noun.body) |
part holonym | : | afferent fiber, sensory fiber, |
definition | : | a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the central nervous system (noun.body) |
derivation | : | afferent, |
definition | : | of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS (adj.all) |
derivation | : | afferent, |
definition | : | of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS (adj.all) |
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