sensory neuron

American  

noun

Biology.

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

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Example Sentences

The sensory neuron cell bodies are grouped in structures called dorsal root ganglia and are shown in Figure 26.29.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

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

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

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

However, generator potentials can initiate action potentials in the sensory neuron axon, and postsynaptic potentials can initiate an action potential in the axon of other neurons.

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