Noun
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a threadlike extension of a nerve cell
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fibre,
fiber a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
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fibre,
fiber a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
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nervus,
nerve any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
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medullated nerve fiber,
myelinated nerve fiber a nerve fiber encased in a sheath of myelin
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neurilemma,
neurolemma thin membranous sheath around a nerve fiber
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effector an organ (a gland or muscle) that becomes active in response to nerve impulses
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axon,
axone long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
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dendrite short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron
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efferent fiber,
motor fiber a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the muscles or glands
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