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Axon vs Neurofibril - What's the difference?

axon | neurofibril |

As nouns the difference between axon and neurofibril

is that axon is axon while neurofibril is (anatomy) any of a group of microscopic fibrils through the body of a neuron that extend into the axon and dendrites.

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 ----

    neurofibril

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) Any of a group of microscopic fibrils through the body of a neuron that extend into the axon and dendrites