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sensory neuron

nerve cell that converts environmental stimuli into corresponding internal stimuli
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Summary

sensory neuron ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (335 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • sensory neuron is a type of neuron[2].
  • sensory neuron's Commons category is recorded as Afferent neurons[3].
  • sensory neuron's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Afferent neurons[4].
  • sensory neuron's described by source is recorded as The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)[5].
  • sensory neuron's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C12628[6].

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Definition and Type

sensory neuron is a type of neuron[2].

Why It Matters

sensory neuron ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (335 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · فيصل · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 25
    Subclass of → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bs', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'hi', 'id', 'ja', 'j
    Subclass of → neuron
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described by source: The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)"
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