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Nerve fibre

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nerve fibernoun(anatomy) An axon.
nervewaynounAn axon.
axonnoun(cytology) A nerve fibre which is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, and which conducts nerve impulses away from the body of the cell to a synapse.
neuritenoun(neuroanatomy) Any projection from the body of a neuron; either a dendrite or an axon
neurofibernounA fiber formed of the dendrite of a neuron.
nervenounCourage; boldness; audacity; gall.
neurofibrenounAlternative form of neurofiber. [A fiber formed of the dendrite of a neuron.]
nerve trunknoun(anatomy) A bundle of nerve fibres, held together by a sheath of connective tissue, that makes up the main stem of a nerve
neurofilamentnoun(anatomy) A neurofibril
neurofibrilnoun(anatomy) Any of a group of microscopic fibrils through the body of a neuron that extend into the axon and dendrites
neuroanatomynoun(anatomy) The anatomy of the nervous system.
nerve endingnounThe termination of a nerve, at the distal end of an axon
nerveletnounA little nerve, or nervule.
perineuriumnoun(anatomy) The sheath of connective tissue that surrounds a fascicle of nerve fibres
nerve cellnoun(cytology) A cell of the nervous system which conducts nerve impulses; a neuron.
neuronenoun(British spelling) Alternative spelling of neuron. [(cytology) A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.]
neuroaxonopathynoun(pathology) A disease of neurons and axons
innervationnounSpecial activity excited in any part of the nervous system or in any organ of sense or motion; the nervous influence necessary for the maintenance of life, and the functions of the various organs.
nervationnounA pattern of nerves, e.g. as seen on a leaf.
endoneuriumnoun(anatomy) A layer of delicate connective tissue enclosing the myelin sheath of a spinal cord nerve fiber.

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