Afferent nerve fiber
Axonal projections that arrive at a particular brain region / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Afferent nerve fibers are axons (nerve fibers) of sensory neurons that carry sensory information from sensory receptors to the central nervous system. Many afferent projections arrive at a particular brain region.
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Afferent nerve fiber | |
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System | Nervous system |
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Latin | neurofibrae afferentes |
TA98 | A14.2.00.017 |
TH | H2.00.06.1.00015 |
FMA | 76570 |
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy |
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In the peripheral nervous system, afferent nerve fibers are part of the sensory nervous system and arise from outside of the central nervous system. Sensory and mixed nerves contain afferent fibers.