AFFERENT NERVE FIBER

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N., Pam M.S.
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a neurological fiber, usually a sensorial one, which transmits signals toward the mind or spinal cord or from a lower area of the CNS up to a higher one.

AFFERENT NERVE FIBER: "Afferent nerve fibers work to transport messages within the CNS."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. MOTOR TRACT
  2. ASSOCIATION FIBER
  3. B FIBER
  4. VESTIBULOSPINAL TRACT
  5. SPINAL GATE
  6. BRACHIAL PLEXUS
  7. SECOND-ORDER NEURON
  8. SPINAL ROOT
  9. NEURAL AXIS
  10. MENINGOMYELOCELE
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "AFFERENT NERVE FIBER," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/afferent-nerve-fiber/ (accessed October 21, 2020).
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