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arxiv: 1809.10556 · v1 · pith:C7MMW6SRnew · submitted 2018-09-26 · ⚛️ physics.gen-ph

Absence of Buckling in Nerve Fiber

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keywords fibernervegeometricalabsenceavoidbendingbucklebuckling
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In this study we give a geometrical model which employs the smoothness of nerve fibers as differentiable curves. We show that a nerve fiber may encounter large curvature due to the possible helicial bending and hence it could cause the fiber to buckle. However, its membrane structure provides a mechanism, entirely geometrical to avoid it. To overcome the challenge of emerging helix we project it into a plane.

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