Definition of Afferent neuron

1. Noun. A neuron conducting impulses inwards to the brain or spinal cord.

Exact synonyms: Sensory Neuron
Generic synonyms: Nerve Cell, Neuron
Group relationships: Afferent, Afferent Nerve, Sensory Nerve

Lexicographical Neighbors of Afferent Neuron

affeer
affeered
affeering
affeerment
affeerments
affeers
affenpinscher
affenpinschers
afference
afferent
afferent fibres
afferent glomerular arteriole
afferent loop syndrome
afferent lymphatic
afferent nerve
afferent neuron (current term)
afferent pathways
afferent vessel
afferently
afferents
affetti
affiance
affianced
affiancer
affiancers
affiances
affiancing
affiant
affiants
affiaunce

Literary usage of Afferent neuron

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1902)
"... of this afferent neuron is in the posterior root ganglion. The efferent impulses pass, like those of the inhibiting mechanism, through two neurons. ..."

2. The Nervous affections of the heart: Being the Morison Lectures Delivered by George Alexander Gibson (1905)
"It is beyond doubt that the centre of this afferent neuron is in the posterior root ganglion. The efferent impulses pass, like those of the inhibiting ..."

3. Kirkes' Handbook of physiology by William Senhouse Kirkes (1904)
"The gap between the termination of the afferent neuron and the ... The neuron connecting the afferent neuron with the efferent neuron belongs to the class ..."

4. The Elements of Scientific Psychology by Knight Dunlap (1922)
"In the reflex, the afferent and efferent neurons are apparently in permanent synaptic connection, or else the afferent neuron is in permanent connection ..."

5. An Introduction to Neurology by Charles Judson Herrick (1922)
"All reflexes require an afferent neuron which conducts the nervous impulse from ... The afferent neuron sends its dendrite to the skin and its axon into the ..."

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