1. in a manner relating to nerves that carry sensory information toward the brain or spinal cord
Usage: medical; anatomy

Examples

• The sensory neurons conduct signals afferently from the skin to the spinal cord.
• Pain receptors transmit information afferently through the nervous system.
• The doctor explained how touch sensations travel afferently to the brain.
• Nerve fibers carrying temperature information flow afferently toward the central nervous system.
• The reflex arc involves signals moving afferently from the muscle to the spinal cord.