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sensory nerve vs posterior horn

posterior horn vs sensory nerve

sensory nerve and posterior horn both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sensory nerve Yes No No No
posterior horn Yes No No No
As nouns, posterior horn is a hyponym of sensory nerve; that is, posterior 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
  • posterior 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 horn, dorsal root, posterior root, fillet, lemniscus.
sensory nerve (noun) posterior 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 posterior horn

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