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Synapse vs Axon - What's the difference?

synapse | axon |

As nouns the difference between synapse and axon

is that synapse is the junction between the terminal of a neuron and either another neuron or a muscle or gland cell, over which nerve impulses pass while axon is 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.

As a verb synapse

is to form a synapse.

synapse

English

Noun

(wikipedia synapse) (en noun)
  • (neuroanatomy, cytology) The junction between the terminal of a neuron and either another neuron or a muscle or gland cell, over which nerve impulses pass.

    • Related terms

    * synaptic * ephapse

    See also

    * axon * dendrite

    Verb

  • To form a synapse.
  • To undergo synapsis.
    • ----

    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 ----