Sensory nerve

Introduction: Sensory nerve

Description of Sensory nerve

Sensory nerve: an afferent nerve conveying impulses that are processed by the central nervous system so as to become part of the organism's perception of self and its environment. SYN: nervus sensorius [TA].
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Sensory nerve: a nerve that leads from receptors toward or to the central nervous system.
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Sensory nerve: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Sensory nerve:

• Sensory
• Sensory symptoms (7134 causes)
• Sensory disorder
• Nerve
• Nerve symptoms (9132 causes)
• Nerve disease
• Nerve disorder
• Nerve problem (9132 causes)

Terms associated with Sensory nerve:

More specific terms for Sensory nerve:

• lemniscus
• fillet

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Broader terms for Sensory nerve

• nerve
• nervus

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The following terms can be used for Sensory nerve

• afferent nerve

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Hierarchical classifications of Sensory nerve

The following list attempts to classify Sensory nerve into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• nerve,nervus
• fascicle,fasciculus,fiber bundle,fibre bundle
• nerve tissue,nervous tissue
• animal tissue
• tissue
• body part
• part,piece
• thing
• entity

Source: WordNet 2.1

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