a neuron conducting impulses inwards to the brain or spinal cord
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Astrocyte
comparatively large neuroglial cell
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long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Neuroscience biology, Cell biology.long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Neuroscience biology, Cell biology.short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Neuroscience biology, Cell biology.a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Neuroscience biology, Cell biology.a cell of the neuroglia
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Neuroscience biology, Cell biology.a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Neuroscience biology, Cell biology.a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Neuroscience biology, Cell biology.a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Neuroscience biology, Cell biology.a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Neuroscience biology, Cell biology.a cell of the neuroglia
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Neuroscience biology, Cell biology.a cell of the neuroglia
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Neuroscience biology, Cell biology.a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Neuroscience biology, Cell biology.a neuron conducting impulses inwards to the brain or spinal cord
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Neuroscience biology, Cell biology.a nerve cell in the brain
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Neuroscience biology, Cell biology.a nerve cell whose body is outside the central nervous system; "damage to ganglion cells in the retina may play a role in the developm…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Neuroscience biology, Cell biology.a nerve cell whose body is outside the central nervous system; "damage to ganglion cells in the retina may play a role in the developm…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Neuroscience biology, Cell biology.a cell of the microglia that may become phagocytic and collect waste products of nerve tissue
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RNA molecules present in the cell (in at least 20 varieties, each variety capable of combining with a specific amino acid) that attach…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: comparatively, large, neuroglial, cell.primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: comparatively, large, neuroglial, cell.primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: comparatively, large, neuroglial, cell.T cell with CD4 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and secretes lymphokines that stimulate B ce…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: comparatively, large, neuroglial, cell.T cell with CD4 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and secretes lymphokines that stimulate B ce…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: comparatively, large, neuroglial, cell.T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: comparatively, large, neuroglial, cell.T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: comparatively, large, neuroglial, cell.a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: comparatively, large, neuroglial, cell.A large class of Echinodermata, including numerous extinct families and genera, but comparatively few living ones. Most of the fossil…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: comparatively, large, neuroglial, cell.A nucleated cell having an envelope or cell wall, as a red blood corpuscle or an epithelial cell; a cell concerned in growth.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: comparatively, large, neuroglial, cell.the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: comparatively, large, neuroglial, cell.a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…
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