Definitions of afferent nerve
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a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system
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synonyms:
afferent, sensory nerve
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types:
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dorsal horn, dorsal root
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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fillet, lemniscus
a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus
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dorsal horn, dorsal root
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