Definition of Axon
the part of a nerve cell that transmits signals away
Examples of Axon in a sentence
An electrical charge traveled down the axon as a nerve signal. 🔊
The injured axon was one of the longest nerve fibers in the woman’s body, reaching all the way down her spinal cord. 🔊
Enclosed in a myelin sheath, the axon is responsible for sending nerve signals away from the brain. 🔊
When nerves begin to die, the neuronal axon loses its ability to communicate with its intended target. 🔊
Some of the brain’s neurons have no axon to send signals away from the brain and have to depend on dendrites. 🔊
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