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sensory nerve vs dorsal horn

dorsal horn vs sensory nerve

sensory nerve and dorsal horn both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sensory nerve Yes No No No
dorsal horn Yes No No No
As nouns, dorsal horn is a hyponym of sensory nerve; that is, dorsal horn is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sensory nerve:
  • sensory nerve: a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system
  • dorsal horn: one of two roots of a spinal nerve that passes dorsally from the spinal cord and that consists of sensory fibers
Other hyponyms of sensory nerve include dorsal root, posterior horn, posterior root, fillet, lemniscus.
sensory nerve (noun) dorsal horn (noun)
a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system one of two roots of a spinal nerve that passes dorsally from the spinal cord and that consists of sensory fibers
Difference between sensory nerve and dorsal horn

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