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Dendritic

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Dendrite 74% connected

A stone or mineral on or in which are branching figures resembling shrubs or trees, produced by a foreign mineral, usually an oxide of manganese, as…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dendrite 74% connected

A stone or mineral on or in which are branching figures resembling shrubs or trees, produced by a foreign mineral, usually an oxide of manganese, as…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dendrite 66% connected

A stone or mineral on or in which are branching figures resembling shrubs or trees, produced by a foreign mineral, usually an oxide of manganese, as…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synaptic adjective · 78% connection

(neuroscience) of or involving synapses

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the local voltage change across the cell wall as a nerve impulse is transmitted

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Afferent neuron noun · 78% connection

a neuron conducting impulses inwards to the brain or spinal cord

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Axon noun · 78% connection

long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron

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Axone noun · 78% connection

long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron

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Central nervous system noun · 78% connection

the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord

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CNS noun · 78% connection

the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord

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a monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (tra…

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a monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (tra…

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Efferent neuron noun · 78% connection

a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord

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Glial cell noun · 78% connection

a cell of the neuroglia

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Intropin noun · 78% connection

a monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (tra…

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Medulla spinalis noun · 78% connection

a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike stru…

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Motoneuron noun · 78% connection

a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord

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Motor nerve fiber noun · 78% connection

a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord

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Motor neuron noun · 78% connection

a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord

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Myeline noun · 78% connection

a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers

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Dendritical adjective · 72% connection

Pertaining to a dendrite, or to arborescent crystallization; having a form resembling a shrub or tree; arborescent.

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