English noun: sensory nerve | |||
1. | sensory nerve (body) a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system | ||
Synonyms | afferent, afferent nerve | ||
Broader (hypernym) | nerve, nervus | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | dorsal horn, dorsal root, fillet, lemniscus | ||
Part holonym | afferent fiber, afferent neuron, sensory fiber, sensory neuron | ||