A nerve or nerve fiber that is curved or bent, used in anatomical or neurological descriptions.
From Greek 'kampylos' (curved) and 'neuron' (nerve), a technical term combining classical roots to describe anatomical structures in medical science.
The nervous system isn't a perfect grid—nerves bend and curve around obstacles in the body, and anatomists needed precise vocabulary to map these winding pathways.
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