of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS
Afferent nerves. Afferent impulses.
source: WordNet 3.0
Bearing or conducting inwards to a part or organ; -- opposed to efferent; as, afferent vessels; afferent nerves, which convey sensations from the external organs to the brain.
source: Webster 1913
noun
a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system
