sensory nerve
1Sensory nerve — Sensory nerves are nerves that receive sensory stimuli, such as how something feels and if it is painful. They are made up of nerve fibers, called sensory fibers (mechanoreceptor fibers sense body movement and pressure placed against the body,… …
2sensory nerve — noun a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system • Syn: ↑afferent nerve, ↑afferent • Derivationally related forms: ↑afferent (for: ↑afferent) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
3sensory nerve — a nerve that carries information inwards, from an outlying part of the body towards the central nervous system. Different sensory nerves convey information about temperature, pain, touch, taste, etc., to the brain. Compare motor nerve. * * *… …
4sensory nerve — a nerve that carries information inwards, from an outlying part of the body towards the central nervous system. Different sensory nerves convey information about temperature, pain, touch, taste, etc., to the brain. Compare: motor nerve …
5sensory nerve — n. afferent nerve that carries impulses from receptors toward and to the central nervous …
6compound sensory nerve action potential — sensory nerve action p …
7Nerve fiber — Latin neurofibra MeSH Nerve+Fibers Code TA A14.0.00.001 A nerve fiber is a threadlike extension of a nerve cell and consists of an axon …
8sensory potential — sensory nerve action potential (SNAP) a compound nerve action potential recorded from a sensory nerve or from the sensory branch of a mixed nerve. Called also compound sensory nerve action p …
9Nerve fascicle — Transverse section of human tibial nerve …
10nerve ending — n the structure in which the distal end of the axon of a nerve fiber terminates called also nerve end * * * the final part (terminal) of one of the branches of a nerve fibre, where a neurone makes contact either with another neurone at a synapse… …
