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sensory nerve
A nerve that carries information inwards, from an outlying part of the body towards the central nervous system. Different sensory nerves convey information about temperature, pain, touch, taste, etc., to the brain. The individual nerve cells within sensory nerves are called sensory neurons. Compare with motor nerve.
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