fiber - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • innervate: Poliomyelitis causes an overall loss of motor units; therefore, the remaining units must innervate many more muscle fibers than they did originally.
  • orphan: New branches of the remaining nerve cells were sent out to adopt the orphaned muscle fibers.

Adjective modifier

  • angulated: Muscle biopsy studies do not reveal a significant increase in small angulated fibers until after age 70 years ( 105 ).
  • insoluble: In addition, the presence of soluble fiber may influence how much bile acid binds to the insoluble fiber that is present.
  • atrophic: Atrophic fibers were noted to be of both major fiber types, with no significant increase between biopsy samples except in one subject.
  • soluble: To help prevent heart disease, you should consume approximately 7 grams of soluble fiber per day.
  • dietary: The walls of plant cells are the sources of dietary fiber.
  • optical: Fiber Optics - Also called optical fibers or optical fiber bundles.

Modifies a noun

  • optic: We also work with fiber optics, UV light, LEDs.
  • electromyography: Single fiber electromyography in various processes affecting the anterior horn cell.
  • optics: Currently, fiber optics networks are not completely optical.
  • hypertrophy: The stimulus for muscle fiber hypertrophy may vary between muscle groups, depending on their activity pattern.
  • cable: Given a fiber cable with 100 strands -- .. .
  • intake: Dietary fiber intake in the United States remains low, averaging about 17 grams per day.

Noun used with modifier

  • collagen: Meat with large diameter collagen fibers tends to be tougher than meat with thinner collagen fibers.
  • elastin: The elastin fibers in the image below ( from loose connective tissue around the intestine ) are the thin black ones.
  • lightning-fast: Data Centers offer redundant power, lightning-fast fiber connections and 24X7X365 support from a staff with more than a decade of networking experience.
  • muscle: May very well most muscle fibers your chest for about five years.
  • carbon: Carbon fiber was rare in sporting goods, still mostly used in military aircraft.
  • cellulose: Despite overwhelming interest, scientists know relatively little about how plant cells synthesize individual cellulose fibers.

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