Axon

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Used for

neurite

Broader Terms

neuron component

Narrower Terms

axoplasm, growth cone

Related Terms

node of Ranvier

Scope Note

long fiber 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; in the peripheral nervous system, the larger (myelinated) axons are surrounded by a myelin sheath formed by concentric layers of plasma membrane of the Schwann cell.

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