What's the difference between fiber and fibrous?

Fiber


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Fibre

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Comparison of the S100 alpha-binding protein profiles in fast- and slow-twitch fibers of various species revealed few, if any, species- or fiber type-specific S100 binding proteins.
  • (2) The final number of fibers--140,000-165,000--is reached by the sixth week after birth.
  • (3) In the caudal spinal trigeminal nucleus (Vc), the collaterals of one half of the periodontium afferent fibers terminated mainly in lamina V at the rostral and middle levels of Vc.
  • (4) This study examined both the effect of variations in optical fiber tip and in light wavelength on laser-induced hyperthermia in rat brain.
  • (5) Both histochemical methods revealed the presence of intra-insular fiber plexuses.
  • (6) The present study was done in order to document the ability of the eighth cranial nerve of the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) to regenerate, the anatomic characteristics of the regenerated fibers, and the specificity of projections from individual endorgan branches of the nerve.
  • (7) "Acoustic" craters were produced by two laser pulses delivered into a saline-filled metal fiber cap, which was placed in a mechanically drilled crater.
  • (8) The minimal change in gel fiber size caused by slow A release implies that fibrin fiber size is primarily a function of ionic environment and not of the sequence of peptide release.
  • (9) Stimulation of parallel fibers or iontophoresis of acetylcholine excited P cells.
  • (10) There was no significant correlation between mitochondrial volume and number of SO fibers following endurance exercise training.
  • (11) The perforant pathway and fimbria fornix were transected to label afferent fibers to NPY-positive cells.
  • (12) The primary afferent fibers diverge in the brainstem into a short ascending and a long descending tract.
  • (13) Electron microscopic immunohistochemistry revealed histamine-immunostaining in granules in a small number of nerve fibers and varicosities.
  • (14) In vitro studies in cardiac Purkinje fibers suggested that reversal of amitriptyline-induced cardiac membrane effects by sodium bicarbonate may be attributed not only to alkalinization but also to increased in extracellular sodium concentration, diminishing the local anesthetic action of amitriptyline and resulting in less sodium channel block.
  • (15) CW Nd:YAG light transmitted by fiber optic cable and sapphire crystal was applied transsclerally to the ciliary body of pigmented and albino rabbits.
  • (16) However, cimetidine did not show any effect on the proliferation of collagenous fibers in the interstitial space of the mucosa.
  • (17) Electron microscopic observations of the masseter nerve in the aged cats revealed a disruption of the myelin sheaths and a pronounced increase in collagen fibers in the endoneurium and perineurium.
  • (18) At 7 days axonal swellings were infrequently observed and the main structural feature was a reduction in myelin thickness in affected nerve fibers.
  • (19) Light microscopy of both apneics and snorers revealed mucous gland hypertrophy with ductal dilation and focal squamous metaplasia, disruption of muscle bundles by infiltrating mucous glands, focal atrophy of muscle fibers, and extensive edema of the lamina propria with vascular dilation.
  • (20) In the medium-size intermediate fibers, the number and diameter of the mitochondrial columns are intermediate between those of the red and white fibers.

Fibrous


Definition:

  • (a.) Containing, or consisting of, fibers; as, the fibrous coat of the cocoanut; the fibrous roots of grasses.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These immunocytochemical studies clearly demonstrated that cells encountered within the fibrous intimal thickening in the vein graft were inevitably smooth muscle cell in origin.
  • (2) The lesion (10.6 X 9.8 mm) was a well-defined ellipsoid granuloma due to a foreign body with a central zone of necrosis surrounded entirely by a fibrous wall.
  • (3) The fibrous matrix and cartilage formed within the nonunion site transformed to osteoid and bone with increased vascularity.
  • (4) Aside from these characteristic findings of HCC, it was important to reveal the following features for the diagnosis of well differentiated type of small HCC: variable thickening or distortion of trabecular structure in association with nuclear crowding, acinar formation, selective cytoplasmic accumulation of Mallory bodies, nuclear abnormalities consisting of thickening of nucleolus, hepatic cords in close contact with bile ducts or blood vessels, and hepatocytes growing in a fibrous environment.
  • (5) Fibroblasts and myofibroblasts were the cells seen in the fibrous component.
  • (6) In the area of the porta hepatis, there were many epithelial luminal structures in fibrous tissue with inflammatory infiltrates.
  • (7) Thus, multiparae had very thick border zones composed predominantly of large nodules and, additionally, of vacuolated cells and fibrous tissue.
  • (8) Physiotherapy for 4 to 12 weeks produced improvement, but in four cases early operation for excision of fibrous tissue and lengthening of the triceps was necessary to restore adequate flexion.
  • (9) A primary inflammatory malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the kidney is reported.
  • (10) The alveolar stability requires particular properties of both the fibrous skeleton and the alveolar surfactant film.
  • (11) In castrates, the prostatic stroma became thickened, with a large increase in fibrous material between and surrounding each acinus, although smooth muscle cells retained their normal cytology.
  • (12) At the same time optical and mechanical systems of the Soviet-made sigmoidoscope, model CBO-1, an apparatus equipped with fibrous optical elements for transmission of ligh and image, now in batch production, are described.
  • (13) In the remaining patients congenital and acquired osseous alterations, supernumerary scalene muscle, congenital fibrous bands were the etiologic factors.
  • (14) The use of SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the cyanogen bromide derived peptides from fibrous cartilage collagens enabled to calculate type I to type II collagen ratio in this tissue.
  • (15) The three different layers of this tissue are: the outer fibrous layer, the central part called proliferation zone and the inner part towards the underlying rib called transition zone.
  • (16) The latter may primarily be the case in fibrous astrocytes, which were stained in reactive and pathologic conditions.
  • (17) Other problematic diagnoses were cancer of the head and neck and malignant fibrous histiocytoma.
  • (18) Six were benign, 11 malignant fibrous, and 3 pure malignant histiocytomas.
  • (19) Two cases of malignant intracranial fibrous histiocytoma are presented.
  • (20) The later reaction was characterized by the formation of fibrous tissue without inflammatory cell infiltration.