Axon definition

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That part of a nerve cell through which impulses travel away from the cell body.
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The usually long process of a nerve fiber that generally conducts impulses away from the body of the nerve cell.
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The usually long process of a nerve fiber that generally conducts impulses away from the body of the nerve cell.
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The long portion of a neuron that conducts impulses away from the body of the cell.
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(cytology) 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.
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axon
Plural:
axons

Origin of axon

  • Greek axōn axis

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek ἄξων (axōn, “axis”).

    From Wiktionary

Axon Sentence Examples

  • On the other hand, in some neurons, after severance of the axon from the rest of the cell (spinal motor cell), the whole nerve cell as well as the severed axon degenerates, and may eventually die and be removed.

  • A single long axon carries the nerve impulse away from the cell body.

  • There seems to be little doubt, notwithstanding, that one of the chief functions of the nerve cell is that of the propagation of a trophicj influence along its axon.

  • We found that Wnt signaling modulates neuronal connectivity by regulating axon behavior, dendritic arborization and central synaptogenesis.

  • Like all neurones, the sensory neuron has a cell body, an axon, dendrites and axon terminals.

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