nerve fibre

nerve fibre

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) a threadlike extension of a nerve cell; axon

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nerve fibre - a threadlike extension of a nerve cell nerve fiber fibre, fiber - any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber) medullated nerve fiber, myelinated nerve fiber - a nerve fiber encased in a sheath of myelin neurilemma, neurolemma - thin membranous sheath around a nerve fiber effector - a nerve fiber that terminates on a muscle or gland and stimulates contraction or secretion axon, axone - long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron dendrite - short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron nerve, nervus - any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body efferent fiber, motor fiber - a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the muscles or glands afferent fiber, sensory fiber - a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the central nervous system fiber, fibre - a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn