(n.) One of the delicate, threadlike portions of which the tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted; as, the fiber of flax or of muscle.
(n.) Any fine, slender thread, or threadlike substance; as, a fiber of spun glass; especially, one of the slender rootlets of a plant.
(n.) Sinew; strength; toughness; as, a man of real fiber.
(n.) A general name for the raw material, such as cotton, flax, hemp, etc., used in textile manufactures.
Example Sentences:
(1) During the performance of propulsive waves of the oesophagus the implanted vagus nerve caused clonic to tetanic contractions of the sternohyoid muscle, thus proving the oesophagomotor genesis of the reinnervating nerve fibres.
(2) The dependence of fluorescence polarization of stained nerve fibres on the angle between the fibre axis and electrical vector of exciting light (azimuth characteristics) has been considered.
(3) The variation of the activity of the peptidase with pH in the presence of various inhibitors was investigated in both control and insulted muscle fibres.
(4) Peptides from this region bind to actin, act as mixed inhibitors of the actin-stimulated S1 Mg2(+)-ATPase, and influence the contractile force developed in skinned fibres, whereas peptides flanking this sequence are without effect in our test systems.
(5) The myofibrils composed 60%, 70% and 83% in the same fibres.
(6) Immunogold electron microscopy demonstrated that outer dense fibres were the predominant immunoreactive site.
(7) Subthreshold concentrations of the drug to induce complete blockade (5 x 10(-8)M) allowed to observe a greater depression of bioelectric cell characteristics in primary than in transitional fibres.
(8) Somatostatin-like immunoreactivity has been found to occur in nerve terminals and fibres of the normal human skin using immunohistochemistry.
(9) The effect of dietary fibre digestion in the human gut on its ability to alter bowel habit and impair mineral absorption has been investigated using the technique of metablic balance.
(10) Acetylcholine (ACh) induces a K+ current in rabbit cardiac Purkinje fibres.
(11) At the light-microscopic level, adrenergic fibres were identified due to their formaldehyde-induced fluorescence.
(12) From these results, it can be suspected that the motor fibres are more vulnerable during aging.
(13) Most often, constrictor fibres follow the course of the pterygo-palatine nerve, when dilator fibres follow the infraorbital nerve.
(14) Striated muscle fibres were found in each of twenty consecutive pineal glands cultured from individual neonatal rats.2.
(15) Whereas the tight junctions of endoneurial capillaries are known to prevent certain blood-borne substances from entering the endoneurium, it was not clear whether the permeability of the pulpal capillaries, which are distant from the nerve fibres, could affect the nerve fibre environment.
(16) The percentage of energy from fat and added sugars and the amount of sodium and fibre in the diet tended to increase with energy intake.
(17) Actin is present in chromosomal spindle fibres, with consistent polarity.
(18) Ranges of V0 in the three fast fibre types mostly overlapped.
(19) Accumulations of filaments in the axons and in the perineural cells were accompanied by Rosenthal fibres.
(20) A new method of staining the keratin filament matrix allowing a visualization of the filaments in cross section of hair fibres has been developed.
Jussi
Definition:
(n.) A delicate fiber, produced in the Philippine Islands from an unidentified plant, of which dresses, etc., are made.
Example Sentences:
(1) Auctioneer Jussi Pylkkänen said the evening was “probably the most exciting sale I’ve taken in my career, not just because of the Picasso and the Giacometti, but just because of the feel of the room.
(2) United controlled a goalless first half before the goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen saw his kick charged down by Juan Mata in the 48th minute and Keane nabbed the first goal of Mourinho’s reign.
(3) Released by Paulinho, he found himself one-on-one, briefly, with Jussi Jaaskelainen but the goalkeeper was out quickly to block his prodded shot.
(4) The Bolton defence owed Jussi Jaaskelainen a quiet game.
(5) Jussi Halla-aho, elected as a True Finn MEP, was convicted in 2012 after posting a blog which claimed that Islam "reveres paedophilia", according to the FT. Gareth Thomas, the shadow Europe minister, said: "David Cameron must now be open with the British public about the dubious views of his new partners in Europe, and explain the decision to form an alliance with politicians whose views are rejected by many mainstream leaders across Europe .
(6) There were whoops and whistles in the New York saleroom of Christie’s on Monday evening after Jussi Pylkkänen put down his gavel at $160m.
(7) "I think we deserved more, [Jussi, the West Ham goalkeeper] Jaaskelainen made two or three fantastic saves," the Swansea manager said.
(8) As bidding on Picasso’s Les Femmes d’Alger (Version O) reached $151m, Christie’s global president Jussi Pylkkänen – auctioneer for the night – said: “We’re in new territory.” As the final bids rose in $500,000 increments, he spread his arms wide, as if to capture the sensation of the global art market reaching the stratosphere.
(9) Another, Jussi Halla-aho, a blogger cited as an influence by the Oslo terrorist Anders Breivik, was found guilty of hate crimes after he wrote in 2009 that the Prophet Muhammad was a paedophile and Islam a religion of paedophilia.
(10) The MEP Jussi Halla-aho of the Finns party, for instance, accuses Islam of "sanctifying paedophilia".
(11) Jussi Jokinen scored his team-high seventh goal of the postseason for the Penguins, who were outscored 10-3 over the final three games.
(12) "We are all well aware of the quality he has but where Leighton takes it to the next step is that he's capable of doing it twice against a world-class keeper with experience like Jussi Jaaskelainen.
(13) Gary Cahill's chip did not appear to present a problem but Guy Demel contrived to create a big one, when his attempt to get the ball back to Jussi Jaaskelainen with his thigh went askew.
(14) Fulham have defensive frailties too, and they were exposed in the seventh minute when Mohamed Diamé was allowed to take down a long free-kick from Jussi Jaaskelainen, turn 10 yards from the home goal and lash into the net.
(15) As the sale started Jussi Pylkkanen, the auctioneer and global president of Christie’s International, told the auction house he expected “a lot of bidding today, a lot of competition both online and here live in the room”.
(16) Tottenham had lost their momentum from early in the first-half when Defoe received possession on halfway, wriggled away from challengers, jinked and sizzled a shot past Jussi Jaaskelainen.
(17) Man of the match Jussi Jaaskelainen (West Ham United)