The threadlike process of a neuron which conducts nerve impulses from the cell body to the neuron's ending (bouton) where it is transmitted via a synapse to another neuron, muscle or gland. Syn. nerve fibre (when it is sheathed). See neuron; synapse.
The Silk Road was a trade route that went from China to Eastern Europe. It went along the northern borders of China, India, and Persia and ended up in Eastern Europe near today's Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea. Not all that was traded along the Silk Road was good. 2  It is thought that the bubonic plague, or Black Death, traveled to Europe from the Silk Road. 3  Very few merchants traveled along the entire route. 4  Goods were traded at many cities and trade posts along the way.
Trade In Ancient China What is the Silk Road? The Silk Road is a route that connected China to the Middle East and Europe. Lots of goods traveled along the Silk Road to other places to trade things like medicines, silk, pottery, paper, gunpowder, gold, grapes rugs and much more. The Silk road is not just one road it is a series of routes.