nerve fiber

1. A threadlike extension of a nerve cell (synset 105471756)
   is a type 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
   subtypes:

   • 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
   has: neurilemma, neurolemma - thin membranous sheath around a nerve fiber
   is a part of: nerve, nervus - any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
   same as: nerve fibre

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