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axonotmesis
  1. A form of nerve crush injury associated with disruption of the neuronal axon, but with maintenance of the myelin sheath.
axon
  1. (cytology) A nerve fibre which is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, and which conducts nerve impulses away from the body of the cell to a synapse.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The axon carries nerve impulses from the brain to the muscles, allowing for precise and coordinated movements.”
      “An orthodromic impulse runs along an axon in its normal direction, away from the soma.”
      “If the axon reorients towards or away from the pipette it suggests that the molecule acts chemotropically to influence axon behavior.”
axonography
  1. The detection and recording of electrical impulses in axons
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axonopathy
  1. (pathology) A disorder or disruption of the functioning of the axons.
axonogenesis
  1. The formation of new axons
axone
  1. Dated spelling of axon.
  2. Examples:
    1. “In some few cells the axone breaks up into branches in the immediate neighbourhood of its own perikaryon in the cortex.”
      “In most cases, however, the axone runs off into the subjacent white matter, leaving the cortex altogether.”
      “In the dog, an animal with high olfactory sense, the axone of each olfactory neurone is connected with five or six mitral cells.”
axonotmeses
  1. plural of axonotmesis
axonopathies
  1. plural of axonopathy
axones
  1. plural of axone
axons
  1. plural of axon
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The axon counts were extrapolated by using the area algorithm to estimate the total number of axons for each nerve.”
      “It is argued that many aspects of the composition and dispersal properties of Myxicola axoplasm are similar to those in other axons.”
      “Neurons grow cordlike extensions called axons and dendrites, collectively called neurites, that attach to other neurons.”
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