Sensory Neuron

Preferred Label : Sensory Neuron;

NCIt synonyms : Sensory Cell Afferent Neuron; Afferent Neuron; Sensory Neurons; Afferent Neurons;

NCIt definition : An afferent neuron that converts environmental stimuli into electrical impulses that are transmitted to the central nervous system.;

Details

Origin ID

C12628;

UMLS CUI

C0027883;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Nerve Tissue [NCIt concept]
- Nerve Tissue, Neuroepithelial Tissue, and Nerve Sheaths [NCIt concept]
- Sensory-Somatic Nervous System [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Afferent neuron [FMA entity]
- Sensory Neuron [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Sensory Neuron [ICHI extension code]
- Sensory receptor [FMA entity]
- neurons, afferent [MeSH concept]
- neurons, afferent [MeSH Descriptor]
- sensory receptor cells [MeSH Descriptor]
- sensory receptor cells [MeSH concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Sensory neuron [FMA entity]
Semantic type(s)
- Cell [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Afferent neuron [FMA entity]
- Sensory neuron [FMA entity]
- neurons, afferent [MeSH concept]
- neurons, afferent [MeSH Descriptor]

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