afferent nerve

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afferent nerve - a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system afferent, sensory nerve 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 afferent neuron, sensory neuron - a neuron conducting impulses inwards to the brain or spinal cord nerve, nervus - any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body afferent fiber, sensory fiber - a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the central nervous system lemniscus, fillet - a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus

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