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20 answers for: Substance protecting many nerve fibres
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MYELINSubstance protecting many nerve fibres
AMNIOTIC--- fluid, substance protecting a foetus in the womb
GUILLOTINECunning protecting many in executioner's device (10)
CHIVALROUSHeroic champion turned saviour protecting many (10)
CORNEADome-shaped, transparent membrane covering the front part of the eye that contains many nerves and is very sensitive to pain or touch (6)
NEUROTRANSMITTERSubstance released by nerve fibres
PONSMass of connecting nerve fibres in the brain (4)
EPICRITICLike very sensitive sensory nerve fibres (9)
AXONSNerve fibres
SPINAL___ cord, bundle of nerve fibres located in the back (6)
SPINALCORDBundle of nerve fibres transmitting neural signals between the brain and the peripheral nervous system (6,4)
LEUCOTOMYSurgical operation that involves cutting some of the nerve fibres in the frontal lobes of the brain
LOBOTOMYSurgery to sever nerve fibres in the front of the brain
OPTICEye's nerve has (sensory) nerve fibers for transmission of impulses to the brain for interpretation (5)
LEMNISCIBands of nerve fibers
RETENetwork of nerve fibers
PONTESBands of cerebral nerve fibers
AXONLong nerve fibre that transmits impulses away from the nerve cell (4)
GANGLIASwellings on a nerve fibre - gala gin (anag) (7)
ISTLEFirst to join ends of optical nerve fibre