Look up: axon

1. axon
   Type: Term Pronunciation: ak′son Definitions: 1. The single process of a nerve cell that under normal conditions conducts nervous impulses away from the cell body and its remaining processes (dendrites). It is a relatively even filamentous process varying in thickness from about 0.25 to more t...
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2. Axon
   The fiberlike extension of a neuron by which the cell sends information to target cells.
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3. Axon
   the extension of a nerve cell, as a thin tube which may be as long a metre or a few short microns in length. The axon, like the cell body is able to depolarise and carry impulses along its length. The impulses from one axon to another nerve cell are transmitted at a synapse. Axons may be myelinated ...
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4. axon
   [n] - long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
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5. Axon
   the process that carries impulses away from the cell body of a nerve.
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6. Axon
   The long thread-like outgrowth/extension of a nerve cell that carries messages away from the main part of the cell (the swelling called the cell body). Each nerve cell has one axon, which can travel long distances through the body, before passing on its message – either to other nerve cells, ...
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7. Axon
   is the neuronal process that originates at the axon hillock and conducts information away from the neuronal cell body to the nerve terminal and synapses. There is only ever one axon per neuron, although that axon may have multiple branches
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8. Axon
   A nerve fibre.
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9. Axon
   Axon: A long fiber of a nerve cell (a neuron) that acts somewhat like a fiber-optic cable carrying outgoing (efferent) messages. The neuron sends electrical impulses from its cell body through the axon to target cells. Each nerve cell has one axon. An axon can be over 20 cm (a foot) in length, which for the human body is remarkably long.
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10. axon
    the output fibre of a neuron.A neuron sends signals to other neurons through this fibre Category: General
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11. axon
    Long process, usually single, of a neuron, that carries efferent (outgoing) action potentials from the cell body towards target cells. See dendrite.
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12. axon
    <cell biology> A long process of a neuron, that carries efferent (outgoing) action potentials from the cell body towards target cells. ... Each nerve cell has one axon, which can be over a foot long. A nerve cell communicates with another nerve cell by transmitting signals from the branches at...
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13. axon
    axone noun long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
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14. axon
    (ak´son) the process of a nerve cell along which impulses travel away from the cell body. It branches at its termination, forming synapses at other nerve cells or effector organs. Many axons are covered by a myelin sheath formed from the cell membrane of a glial cell. adj., ax´onal., adj.
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15. axon
    portion of a nerve cell (neuron) that carries nerve impulses away from the cell body. A neuron typically has one axon that connects it with other ... [22 related articles]
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16. axon
    axon 1. The usually long process of a nerve fiber that generally conducts impulses away from the body of the nerve cell. 2. A long fiber of a nerve cell (a neuron) that acts somewhat like a fiber-optic cable carrying outgoing (efferent) messages. The neuron sends electrical impulses from its cell ...
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17. Axon
    An axon (also known as a nerve fiber) is a long, slender projection of a nerve cell, or neuron, that typically conducts electrical impulses away from the neuron`s cell body. In certain sensory neurons (pseudounipolar neurons), such as those for touch and warmth, the electrical impulse travels along...
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18. axon
    General structure of a vertebrate myelinated neuron A typically long outgrowth, or process, of a neuron that carries nerve impulses away from the cell body (soma) toward target cells. Axons are the main transmission lines of the nervous system, and as bundles they help make up nerves. Individ...
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19. axon
    axon: see nervous system; synapse.
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20. Axon
    The axons are the long processes of the neuron which carry nerve impulses from the body of the neuron to the synapse. A collection of axons all lying alongside each other in the peripheral nervous system is termed a nerve. The axons are distinguished from the dendrites, which carry nerve impulses to...
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21. axon
    Long threadlike extension of a nerve cell that conducts electrochemical impulses away from the cell body towards other nerve cells, or towards an effector organ such as a muscle. Axons terminate in synapses, junctions with other nerve cells, muscles, or glands
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22. AXON
    The fingerlike extension of a nerve cell, along which the nerve impulse travels.
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23. axon
    Latin axis = axis, hence the main process of a neuron conducting impulses away from the cell body.
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24. axon
    (ak;son) The elongated process of a nerve cell that transmits an impulse away from the cell body of a neuron.
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25. axon
    (ak;son) The elongated process of a nerve cell that transmits an impulse away from the cell body of a neuron.
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