sensory neuron

noun

, Biology.

1. a nerve cell that conducts impulses from a sense organ to the central nervous system.

Example Sentences

I loved this image above of an embryonic rat’s sensory neuron by Paula Diaz of Santiago, Chile.

From Time

For instance, the smell of burning bread will trigger sensory neurons to send a message to your brain.

From Science News For Students

All the sensory neurons of the same type, about 10 on average, reach out to a single nerve cluster in the next layer of the processing hierarchy.

From Quanta Magazine