axon in Chinese
axon in Chinese is 轴突 — axon means the long, thin part of a nerve cell that carries nerve impulses away from the cell body.
axon in Chinese
轴突
Pronounced: zhóu tū
(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.
What does "axon" mean?
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noun The long, thin part of a nerve cell that carries nerve impulses away from the cell body.
"Each neuron has a single axon that can stretch a long way from the cell body."
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axon in a sentence
- Each neuron has a single axon that can stretch a long way from the cell body.
- The signal travels along the axon until it reaches a synapse.
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What is "axon" in Chinese?
"axon" in Chinese is 轴突. axon means: The long, thin part of a nerve cell that carries nerve impulses away from the cell body.
How do you pronounce 轴突?
"axon" in Chinese is 轴突, pronounced "zhóu tū".
How do you use "axon" in a sentence?
Example: "Each neuron has a single axon that can stretch a long way from the cell body." In Chinese, "axon" is 轴突.
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