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 neurons or with muscle or gland cells. Some axons may be quite long, reaching, for example, from the spinal cord down to a toe.
Learn about the morphology and histology of neurons, the basic building blocks of the nervous system. Axons are processes from the cell body (soma) or from the axon hillock (a specialized part of the cell body) of a neuron that conduct impulses away from cell body.
An axon, or nerve fiber, is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, or neuron, that conducts electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body or soma. Axons are in effect the primary...
Axons are elongated, thread-like projections of nerve cells (neurons) responsible for transmitting electrical impulses away from the neuron’s cell body.
Axons are the primary transmission lines of the nervous system, and as bundles they form nerves in the peripheral nervous system, or nerve tracts in the central nervous system (CNS). Some axons can extend up to one meter or more while others extend as little as one millimeter.
Axons are long, slender fibers extending from the body of a neuron (nerve cell) whose primary function is to transmit information to other neurons, muscle cells, or glands.
Axons are processes of neurons, up to a metre long, that form the essential biological cables wiring nervous systems. They must survive, often far away from their cell bodies and up to a century in humans.
How neurons maintain their axons long-term: an integrated view of axon ...