axon

(noun)

A nerve fiber 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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Examples of axon in the following topics:

  • Electric Potential in Human

    • This impulse is passed through the axon, a long extension of the cell, in the form of an electrical potential created by differing concentrations of sodium and potassium ions on either side of a membrane in the axon .
    • When the signal reaches the end of the axon, neurotransmitters are released, which then are received by the dendrites of the next neuron.
    • This impulse is passed through the axon, a long extension of the cell, in the form of an electrical potential created by differing concentrations of sodium and potassium ions on either side of a membrane in the axon.