sensory fiber

English Thesaurus

1. a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the central nervous system (noun.body)

hypernym	:	nerve fiber, nerve fibre,
definition	:	a threadlike extension of a nerve cell (noun.body)

part meronym	:	afferent, afferent nerve, sensory nerve,
definition	:	a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system (noun.body)