neurofiber

plural neurofibers

1. A fiber formed of the dendrite of a neuron.

   Each neuron, actually, has one neurofiber but many dendrites stretch from within out.

   2017, Imad Fawzi Shueibi, How A Female Thinks, →ISBN, page 34

   2 more examples

   According to Yohro (1985, 1988), the vibrissa around the mouth is a sensory organ, receiving approximately 100 neurofibers and containing several sensory nerve ends. The neurofiber leading to the vibrissa is a dendrite which elongates from the nerve cell in the trigeminal ganglion toward the periphery.

   1996, Masumi Inaba, Yoshitaka Inaba, Androgenetic Alopecia: Modern Concepts of Pathogenesis and Treatment

   Red-free photography clearly shows a loss of the neurofiber layer during this follow-up period.

   2012, Augusto Azuara-Blanco, Parwez Hossain, Noemi Lois, Diagnostic Technologies in Ophthalmology, →ISBN, page 131