Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for sensory neuron. Search instead for sensory nerve.
Synonyms

sensory neuron

American  

noun

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


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Each olfactory sensory neuron has only one type of receptor on its cilia, and the receptors are specialized to detect specific odorants, so the bipolar neurons themselves are specialized.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

The interneuron receives a synapse from the axon of the sensory neuron that detects that the hand is being burned.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

If a sensory neuron projects directly to the ganglionic neuron and causes it to activate the effector target, then the CNS is not involved.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

This occurs when a stimulus changes the cell membrane potential of a sensory neuron.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

A simple case is a reflex caused by a synapse between a dorsal sensory neuron axon and a motor neuron in the ventral horn.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training