B fiber

B fiber

Group B fibers are nerve fibers which are moderately myelinated, which means less myelinated than group A fibers and more myelinated than C fibers. Their conduction velocity is 3 to 14 m/s. They are generally visceral sensory fibers and preganglionic autonomic fibers.


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