nerve fibre

nerve fibre

n (Anatomy) a threadlike extension of a nerve cell; axon

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nerve fibre - a threadlike extension of a nerve cellnerve fiberfibre, 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 myelinneurilemma, neurolemma - thin membranous sheath around a nerve fibereffector - a nerve fiber that terminates on a muscle or gland and stimulates contraction or secretionaxon, axone - long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neurondendrite - short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuronnerve, nervus - any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the bodyefferent fiber, motor fiber - a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the muscles or glandsafferent fiber, sensory fiber - a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the central nervous systemfiber, fibre - a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn