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Cells > Neurons > Nerve Fibers
Nervous System > Neurons > Nerve Fibers

Preferred term

Nerve Fibers  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Cerebellar Mossy Fiber
  • Cerebellar Mossy Fibers
  • Mossy Fiber, Cerebellar

Note

  • do not confuse entry term MOSSY FIBERS, CEREBELLAR with MOSSY FIBERS, HIPPOCAMPAL

Scope note

  • Slender processes of NEURONS, including the AXONS and their glial envelopes (MYELIN SHEATH). Nerve fibers conduct nerve impulses to and from the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.

History note

  • 77(69-71)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009412

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