long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
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long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
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short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Neuroscience biology, Cell biology.a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Neuroscience biology.a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Neuroscience biology.a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Neuroscience biology.(neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Biology.(neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Biology.(neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Biology.(neurophysiology) phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough to trigger a response in a neuron…
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Biology.the local voltage change across the cell wall as a nerve impulse is transmitted
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Neuroscience biology.a neuron conducting impulses inwards to the brain or spinal cord
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Neuroscience biology, Cell biology.a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Cell biology.a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Cell biology.a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, 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 major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike stru…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Neuroscience biology.a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord
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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: long, nerve, fiber, conducts, away.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: long, nerve, fiber, conducts, away.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: long, nerve, fiber, conducts, away.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: long, nerve, fiber, conducts, away.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: long, nerve, fiber, conducts, away.A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, nerve, fiber, conducts, away.any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, nerve, fiber, conducts, away.any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, nerve, fiber, conducts, away.Having the form of a fiber or fibers; resembling a fiber.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, nerve, fiber, conducts, away.A small fiber; the branch of a fiber; a very slender thread; a fibrilla.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, nerve, fiber, conducts, away.A minute thread of fiber, as one of the fibrous elements of a muscular fiber; a fibril.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, nerve, fiber, conducts, away.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…
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