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sensory neuron

nerve cell that converts environmental stimuli into corresponding internal stimuli
Class type of: neuron Q3142126

Facts

3 properties
Subclass of
neuron[1]
Described by source
The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)[2]
NCI Thesaurus ID
C12628[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en Neurons, Afferent en afferent neuron en sensory neuron ar عصبون حسي cs Sensitivní neuron cs Senzitivní neuron cs smyslový neuron da sensorisk neuron de Sensorisches Neuron el αισθητήριος νευρώνας el αισθητηριακός νευρώνας el αισθητικός νευρώνας el προσαγωγός νευρώνας es Neurona sensitiva es Neurona sensorial es Neuronas sensoriales fa نورون حسی fi sensorinen hermosolu fr Recepteur fr Afférentes
🔖 Identifiers · 14
OpenAlex ID
C2775908076, C2777815949
Cell Ontology ID
CL_0000101
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/sensory-neuron
Foundational Model of Anatomy ID
84649
Freebase ID
/m/03j1cb
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/120_m0t7
ICD-11 ID (Foundation)
642650597
ICD-11 ID (MMS)
XA2LT7
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
sensory-receptors, sensory-neurons
MeSH descriptor ID
D009475
MeSH tree code
A08.675.650, A11.671.650
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
118616139, 2775908076
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Topic's main category
Category:Afferent neurons
UMLS CUI
C0027883

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🔗 Connections
Has these parts 1
afferent nerve fiber
Subclass of 1
neuron
Topic's main category 1
Category:Afferent neurons
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Afferent neurons
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  1. [1] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  1. 4w ago · فيصل · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 25
    Subclass of → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bs', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'hi', 'id', 'ja', 'j
    Subclass of → neuron
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