zenuwvezel

Definitions of zenuwvezel
  1. noun
    a threadlike extension of a nerve cell
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    types:
    effector
    a nerve fiber that terminates on a muscle or gland and stimulates contraction or secretion
    axon, neuriet
    long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
    dendriet
    short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron
    type of:
    draad, fiber, fibril, filament, vezel, vezelstof
    a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
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