a neuron conducting impulses inwards to the brain or spinal cord
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a nerve cell in the brain
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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.comparatively large neuroglial cell
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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(neurophysiology) a nerve impulse resulting from a weak stimulus is just as strong as a nerve impulse resulting from a strong stimulus
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: nerve, cell, brain.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: nerve, cell, brain.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: nerve, cell, brain.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: nerve, cell, brain.The large lobe of the hind brain in front of and above the medulla; the little brain. It controls combined muscular action. See Brain.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: nerve, cell, brain.Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the brain to the spinal cord, and so transfer cerebral impulses (centrifugal impressions)…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: nerve, cell, brain.A nonphosphorized, nitrogenous substance, obtained from brain and nerve tissue by extraction with boiling alcohol. It is uncertain whe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: nerve, cell, brain.Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the spinal cord to the brain and so transfer sensations (centripetal impressions) from the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: nerve, cell, brain.Examination of the brain for the diagnosis of disease; esp., the act or process of diagnosticating the condition of the brain by exami…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: nerve, cell, brain.The anterior, and in man the larger, division of the brain; the seat of the reasoning faculties and the will. See Brain.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: nerve, cell, brain.The larval stage of a tapeworm (Taenia coenurus) which forms bladderlike sacs in the brain of sheep, causing the fatal disease known a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: nerve, cell, brain.Often applied, especially in the plural, to parts which are supposed to resemble a pair of legs; as, the crura of the diaphragm, a pai…
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