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Axon vs Axodendritic - What's the difference?

axon | axodendritic |

As a noun axon

is axon.

As an adjective axodendritic is

of or pertaining to the synapse that connects an axon (of one nerve cell) and a dendrite (of another).

axon

English

Alternative forms

* axone

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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.

    • Derived terms

    * axonal * axonic * axotomy * axotomize * axonopathy

    See also

    * dendrite * neuron * synapse ----

    axodendritic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to the synapse that connects an axon (of one nerve cell) and a dendrite (of another)