Axon

Related Terms:

semaphorin defasciculate axodendritic overbranching backpropagation schwann cell myelination hemojuvelin axon hillock axipetal uniaxonal nestin autapse pseudounipolar polyaxonal axogenesis herring body axotomize retrograde neurotransmitter multiaxonal axonotmesis nerve impulse axonal motor neuron netrin neuromuscular junction wallerian degeneration nerve ending synapse axoprotection pioneer axon axosomatic defasciculation periaxonal dendritic spine nerve fiber fluororuby myelin nerve cell neuron axonogenesis fornix pyramidal tract dendrite axonography monaxonic neurofibril interaxonal nerveway parasol cell axonic axotomy paraneuron end feet paranode axoglial juxtaparanode axoprotective axonopathy neurite axomyelinic spindle neuron telodendrion nerve fibre glomerulus oligodendroglion neurotmesis abaxonal neurolemma axolemma medial lemniscus axonally axopetal axosome axo axite node of ranvier arcuate fasciculus neuroaxonopathy spondin axonless axis cylinder pathfinding adaxonal axolysis axons bouton axoaxonic axoplasm nerve

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Noun

axon axone

Definition: long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron

Definition: A nerve fibre which is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, and which conducts nerve impulses away from the body of the cell to a synapse.