Afferent nerve
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Afferent nerves carry information from the periphery of an organism towards its central nervous system. It is commonly called the sensory neuron.
References
- Kandel, ER; Schwartz JH, Jessell TM (2000). Principles of Neural Science, 4th ed., New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-8385-7701-6.
- Martin, JH (2003). Neuroanatomy text and atlas 3rd ed., New York: McGraw-Hill.