Referring to the detection of sensations by nerve cells.
Relating to the input division of the nervous system, which carries information from receptors throughout the body toward the brain and spinal cord.
Description applied to the part of the nervous system dedicated to bringing to the brain, information on sensations affecting the body. The opposite of sensory nerves is motor nerves; these carry instructions for action to the voluntary muscles in the body.
Related to bodily sensations such as pain, smell, taste, temperature, vision, hearing, acceleration, and position in space.
The term pertains to peripheral nerves that relay sensory information from the senses to the brain.