frontal atrophy refers to neuronal degeneration of the frontal lobes of the brain (e.g., can occur in head injuries or degenerative diseases like alzheimer's)
Atrophy is the degeneration of a body part. Essentially, it is the wearing away of muscles causing the body part to become less useful. It occurs when a particular part of t…he body is not being used, as when a cast is put on. The muslce breaks down and becomes weak because it is not being used and serving no purpose. (MORE)
Atrophy in general is the death of the normal body tissue. Papillary is the optic disc in the eye. Perpapillary atrophy therefore is the dying of the retinal tissue immediatel…y next to the optic disc. This can occur in a number of conditions such as glaucoma etc. (MORE)
The myofibrils are cells in the muscle that provide energy to them and to atrophy is to shrink or become less, so myofibril atrophy is the shrinking or lessening or those cell…s within the muscle for any reason(such as lack of exercise or injury) (MORE)