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Neurite vs Neuropil - What's the difference?

neurite | neuropil |

As nouns the difference between neurite and neuropil

is that neurite is any projection from the body of a neuron; either a dendrite or an axon while neuropil is a fibrous network of nervous tissue that forms the gray matter of the brain.

neurite

English

Noun

(wikipedia neurite) (en noun)
  • (neuroanatomy) Any projection from the body of a neuron; either a dendrite or an axon

    • Anagrams

    * * * ----

    neuropil

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia neuropil) (en noun)
  • A fibrous network of nervous tissue that forms the gray matter of the brain

    • Synonyms

    *neuropile