sensory fiber
- noun
- /ˈsɛn.sə.ri ˈfaɪ.bər/
- Specialized
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fibra sensorial
- As the sensory fibers are "recruited" during movement, they carry impulses from the muscles to the brain.
Examples
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Capsaicin has been shown to ease some localized chronic itchy disorders by acting directly on the sensory fibers themselves.
Academic text (1999) -
Yeah, they do have sensory fibers that they they, they come in through dorsal roots, but they reach this nucleus in the hind brain.
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All the cranial nerves that carry sensory fibers have prominent ganglia near their points of connection with the brain.
Academic text (2003) -
Muscle-based electrodes, on the other hand, bypass both the high resistance of the skin and the cutaneous sensory fibers.
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The sensory fibers transmit signals from the skin to the brain to help us feel touch.
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When a person touches something hot, sensory fibers quickly send a message to the brain to respond.
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Damage to the sensory fibers can result in loss of feeling in certain parts of the body.
Synonyms
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A long thin part that sends feelings from the skin to the brain and spinal cord
A long thin part of a nerve that carries signals to the brain and spinal cord
A nerve that carries signals from parts that feel, like the skin, to the brain or spinal cord
A nerve that carries information from the body to the spinal cord or brain
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a nerve fiber that conducts impulses toward the CNS' is directly and compositionally derived from 'sensory' (relating to sensation) + 'fiber' (a threadlike nerve or cell). This adjective+noun combination follows regular English compounding and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The term sensory fiber shows a simple picture: sensory is about the senses and fiber is a tiny thread. Imagine tiny thread-like nerves 'carrying' touch, pain, or temperature to the brain, so the term means 'a nerve that carries sensory messages to the brain'.