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Axon
The long trunk of a neuron is called an axon. The axon is responsible for conducting electrical impulses away from the cell body to other neurons, muscles, or glands.
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The part of a neuron that attaches the cell body to the axon is called the axon hillock. It is located at the base of the cell body and is responsible for integrating incoming signals to generate an action potential.
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The sodium channels open and flood the concentration of potassium ions creating a sequence of positive impulses.
Axon
The tip of a neuron's axon culminates in several endings call terminal buttons. When an action potential is conducted down the axon, this is where it goes.
An electrical impulse, or action potential, moves down a neuron due to the rapid influx and efflux of ions across the neuron's membrane. When a neuron is stimulated, sodium channels open, allowing sodium ions to enter, which depolarizes the membrane. This change in voltage triggers adjacent sodium channels to open, propagating the impulse along the axon. The process is facilitated by the myelin sheath, which insulates the axon and allows for faster transmission through saltatory conduction.
An axon terminal is the structure of a neuron (a single cell of the central or peripheral nervous system) at the end of it's axon that forms a synapse with another neuron. Generally, the axon terminal is the point at which a neuron passes information to the neurons with which it is connected.
An axon terminal is the structure of a neuron (a single cell of the central or peripheral nervous system) at the end of it's axon that forms a synapse with another neuron. Generally, the axon terminal is the point at which a neuron passes information to the neurons with which it is connected.
An axon terminal is the structure of a neuron (a single cell of the central or peripheral nervous system) at the end of it's axon that forms a synapse with another neuron. Generally, the axon terminal is the point at which a neuron passes information to the neurons with which it is connected.
The Axon Hillcock is the site where EPSPs AND IPSPs are integrated in the neuron.
A neuron can have at most one axon. However, an axon can branch - sometimes many times.
Sodium ions enter the axon during action potential. This influx of sodium ions depolarizes the axon membrane, leading to the propagation of the action potential along the axon.
The synapse between an axon terminal and a neuron cell body is called an axosomatic synapse. This is where the axon terminal of one neuron forms a connection with the cell body of another neuron.