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NERVE FIBER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A threadlike extension of a nerve cell
Synonyms:
nerve fiber; nerve fibre
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("nerve fiber" is a kind of...):
fiber; fibre (any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber))
fiber; fibre (a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn)
Meronyms (parts of "nerve fiber"):
neurilemma; neurolemma (thin membranous sheath around a nerve fiber)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nerve fiber"):
medullated nerve fiber; myelinated nerve fiber (a nerve fiber encased in a sheath of myelin)
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)
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)
Holonyms ("nerve fiber" is a part of...):
nerve; nervus (any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body)
Context examples:
A layer of connective tissue surrounding bundles of nerve fibers.
(Perineurium, NCI Thesaurus)
It results in damage to nerve fibers, disrupting communication between the brain and the body.
(Immune System Reset May Halt Multiple Sclerosis Progression, NIH)
A morphologic finding referring to a tumor that has spread along and infiltrated nerve fibers.
(Perineural Invasion, NCI Thesaurus)
A study in mice shows for the first time that high-contrast visual stimulation can help damaged retinal neurons regrow optic nerve fibers, otherwise known as retinal ganglion cell axons.
(Visual activity regenerates neural connections between eye and brain, NIH)
Myelin is a fatty substance that covers the nerve fibers of white matter in the brain.
(Too Much Screen Time Changes Structure of Toddlers' Brains, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The areas of the brain composed of neurons and (in contrast to the white matter) unmyelinated nerve fibers.
(Brain Gray Matter, NCI Thesaurus)
The place in the brain where some of the optic nerve fibers coming from one eye cross optic nerve fibers from the other eye.
(Optic chiasm, NCI Dictionary)
Patients develop physical and cognitive impairments that correspond with the affected nerve fibers.
(Multiple Sclerosis, NCI Thesaurus)
A protective cover encircling a nerve, nerve fiber or axon.
(Nerve Sheath, NCI Thesaurus)
Neuron Conduction Induction involves initiation of activities that propagate the transfer of the electrochemical action potential process along nerve fibers away from the cell body.
(Neuron Conduction Induction, NCI Thesaurus)
