B fiber (preganglionic fiber)

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Introduction

Preganglionic vegetative fibers, myelinated.

Relatively fast conduction: 10 meters/second

Myelinated axons of motor neurons of the autonomic nervous system located in the brainstem & spinal cord (visceral motor) synpasing in an autonomic ganglion.

More general terms

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999