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单词 axon
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axonn.

Brit. /ˈaksɒn/, U.S. /ˈækˌsɑn/
Forms: Also axone, plural axones.
Etymology: < Greek ἄξων axis.
Anatomy.
1. The body axis. Obsolete.
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the world > life > the body > positions or directions in body > [noun] > axis of body
axis1820
plane1830
axon1842
1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) Axon, axis.
1884 Wilder in N.Y. Med. Jrnl. 2 Aug. 113 Axon, the mesal, longitudinal skeletal axis, represented in Branchiostoma and embryos by a membrano-gelatinous notochord.
2. A filamentous process of a nerve cell carrying outgoing nerve impulses, usually single and often very long, in contrast to the multiple, branched, and short incoming fibres or dendrites: the essential constituent of most nerves.
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the world > life > the body > nervous system > substance of nervous system > [noun] > nerve cell > parts of
axon1842
cell body1851
neuron1893
neurite1894
neuroplasm1894
perikaryon1897
neurofibril1898
axon hillock1899
telodendrion1899
axoplasm1900
neurofibrilla1902
cyton1910
soma1947
neurotubule1948
neurofilament1955
neurode1987
1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) Axon, axis.
1899 L. Hill Man. Human Physiol. xxix. 337 Each [nerve-]fibre consists of a soft central strand of protoplasmic substance called the axon or axis cylinder.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 394/1 A neurone consists of three parts..(2) A single filament or axon, starting from the perikaryon.
1940 R. S. Woodworth Psychol. (ed. 12) viii. 250 Most nerve cells have two kinds of branches, a single axon and many dendrites.

Derivatives

aˈxonic adj.
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the world > life > the body > nervous system > substance of nervous system > [adjective] > nerve cell > parts of
neurofibrillar1902
neurofibrillary1902
neuroplasmic1909
axonic1939
neuritic1967
somal1967
1939 Nature 23 Sept. 557/2 Such an axonic fusion is a most unusual feature in animals.

Draft additions June 2003

axon hillock n. a cone-shaped projection which links the body of a neuron to its axon and acts as a site for the generation of nerve impulses.
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the world > life > the body > nervous system > substance of nervous system > [noun] > nerve cell > parts of
axon1842
cell body1851
neuron1893
neurite1894
neuroplasm1894
perikaryon1897
neurofibril1898
axon hillock1899
telodendrion1899
axoplasm1900
neurofibrilla1902
cyton1910
soma1947
neurotubule1948
neurofilament1955
neurode1987
1899 L. F. Barker Nerv. Syst. & Constituent Neurones x. 111 The axone itself..is entirely free from the stainable substance of Nissl, as is also the portion of the cell body immediately adjacent, known as the axone hillock.
1934 A. Forbes in C. Murchison Handbk. Gen. Exper. Psychol. i. iii. 189 We might then conceive of the formation of the mediator in the cell body and the initiation of the motor nerve impulse at the axon hillock.
1966 Nature 3 Sept. 1102/2 The most striking electron microscopical feature of the axon hillock is the denseness of the surface... This effect is due to the close packing and alignment of neurofilaments.
1989 B. Alberts et al. Molecular Biol. Cell (ed. 2) xix. 1088 The membrane of the axon hillock is where action potentials are initiated, and Na+ channels are plentiful there.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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