All neurons have a cell body and one or more fibres. These fibres vary in length from microscopic to over 1 metre. There are two different kinds of nerve fibres: fibres that carry information towards the cell body, called dendrites, and fibres that carry information away from it, called axons.
The flute has also always been an essential part of Indian culture and mythology, and the cross flute believed by several accounts to originate in India as Indian literature from 1500 BCE has made vague references to the cross flute. Acoustics
Ancient flutes were blown through a mouthpiece, like a recorder; the modern transverse or German flute developed 18c. The older style then sometimes were called flÃ»te-a-bec (French, literally flute with a beak). The modern design and key system of the concert flute were perfected 1834 by Theobald Boehm. The architectural sense of furrow in a pillar (1650s) is from fancied resemblance to the inside of a flute split down the middle. Meaning tall, slender wine glass is from 1640s. v.