NERVE FIBRE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A threadlike extension of a nerve cell

Synonyms:

nerve fiber; nerve fibre

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("nerve fibre" 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 fibre"):

neurilemma; neurolemma (thin membranous sheath around a nerve fiber)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nerve fibre"):

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 fibre" is a part of...):

nerve; nervus (any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body)