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AFFERENT NERVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system
Synonyms:
afferent; afferent nerve; sensory nerve
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("afferent nerve" is a kind of...):
nerve; nervus (any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body)
Meronyms (parts of "afferent nerve"):
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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "afferent nerve"):
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)
