21 Mar nerve fiber

An appendage or protrusion from the cell body of a neuron or nerve cell. Nerve fibers include axons (afferent and efferent), dendrites, spines and neurites (formative fibers). The elongation of these fibers is due, in part, to the filamentous components of the cytoskeleton.
Keywords: microtubules
arborization
axon
dendrite
neurite
spinal cord
afferent
efferent
cytoskeleton
brain circuitry
References: brain physiology
neurons
neuroscience