Look up: neuropil

1. neuropil
   A dense intricate feltwork of interwoven fine glial processes, fibrils, synaptic terminals, axons, and dendrites interspersed among the nerve cells in the gray matter of the central nervous system. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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2. neuropil
   (noor´o-pil) a dense feltwork of interwoven cytoplasmic processes of nerve cells (dendrites and axons) and of neuroglial cells in the central nervous system and some parts of the peripheral nervous system.
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3. neuropil
   (from the article `nervous system`) ...brain consists of three main regions: the protocerebrum, deutocerebrum, and tritocerebrum. The anterior protocerebrum, which receives the nerves ... ...motor neurons and association neurons. Motor neurons have main processes, or axons, that extend from the ganglia to contractile muscles, and minor ...
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4. Neuropil
   The neuropil is a dense network of neurons and glia in the central nervous system.
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5. neuropil
   Type: Term Pronunciation: nū′rō-pil, -pīl Definitions: 1. The complex, feltlike net of axonal, dendritic, and glial arborizations; forms the bulk of the central nervous system's gray matter, and in which the nerve cell bodies lie embedded.
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6. Neuropil
   | --> In neuroanatomy, a `neuropil,` which is sometimes referred to as a neuropile, is a region between neuronal cell bodies in the gray matter of the brain and spinal cord (i.e. the central nervous system). It consists of a dense tangle of axon terminals, dendrites and glial cell processes. It is w...
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