nerve fiber

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noun Anatomy, Physiology.

a process, axon, or dendrite of a nerve cell.

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Origin of nerve fiber

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby nerve fiber

nerve block, nerve cell, nerve center, nerve centre, nerve cord, nerve fiber, nerve fibre, nerve gas, nerve growth factor, nerve impulse, nerveless

How to use nerve fiber in a sentence

Every sensation arises from thousands of nerve fibers and millions of brain cells, explains Sliman Bensmaia.
A sense of touch could upgrade virtual reality, prosthetics and more|Kathiann Kowalski|October 7, 2021|Science News For Students
“Anytime we touch anything, our perceptual experience is the product of the activity of thousands of nerve fibers and millions of neurons in the brain,” says neuroscientist Sliman Bensmaia of the University of Chicago.
Capturing the sense of touch could upgrade prosthetics and our digital lives|Kathiann Kowalski|April 22, 2021|Science News
It is believed that each is sensitive to a particular vibration rate and that each is also attached to a nerve fiber.
Physics|Willis Eugene Tower
Corporals, sensitive as the bulb of nerve fiber at the end of a cat's whisker, are given the merry hand with a marble heart.
The Army Mule and Other War Sketches|Henry A. Castle

Like the copper rod, the axis cylinder along which the nerve impulse travels is the essential part of a nerve fiber.
A Practical Physiology|Albert F. Blaisdell
He awoke from his stupor with a shock that set every nerve-fiber quivering.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930|Various

Scientific definitions for nerve fiber

nerve fiber

See axon.