sensory nerve

/ˌsɛnsəri nərv/

Other forms: sensory nerves

Definitions of sensory nerve

1. noun

   a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system
   synonyms: afferent, afferent nerve

   types:

   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

   fillet, lemniscus

   a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus

   type of:

   nerve, nervus

   any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body