The axon is the "output" part of a biological neuron When a neuron fires, a pulse of electrical activity flows along the axon Towards its end, or ends, the axon splits into a tree The ends of the axon come into close contact with the dendrites of other neurons These junctions are termed synapses Axons may be short (a couple of millimetres) or long (e g the axons of the nerves that run down the legs of a reasonably large animal )
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 or unmeyelinated, and they may vary in diameter Thicker, myelinated axons transmit impulses faster than thins unmeyelinated axons
The neuron's "wire," a long (0 1 - 2,000 mm), spiderthread-thin portion of the neuron that carries voltages between the neuron's input sites (concentrated on cell body and dendritic tree) and the neuron's outputs, its many-branched axon terminals that make synapses onto downstream neurons It's typically a one-way street, messages flowing from the dendrites and cell body to the far end of the axon where synapses are made [26, 31, 34]
refers to: neural cell The part of a biological neural cell that contains the dendrites, connecting this neural cell to other cells The incoming stimulation of a neural cell is transported from the cell's core through the axon to the outgoing connections
highly specialized relatively long extension (process) of a neuron used for conduction of electrical messages (i e action potentials) Axons are considerably more specialized and therefore easier to understand than other excitable tissues They contain the "bare minimum" of ion channels necessary for excitability Larger vertebrate axons are insulated by myelin
The elongated part of the neurone that carries impulses from the cell body to other nerve cells or effector organs Neurones only have one axon Damage to the axon may produce neuropathy or neuropathic pain