Plural of axon
regular plural
The plural of axon is axons.
Forms of axon
| Singular | axon /ˈæksɒn/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | axons |
| Countable | countable |
Axons in a sentence
- His seven-year-old brain fires and rewires, building arborized axons, dendrites, those tiny spreading trees.2018, Richard Powers, The Overstory, New York: Norton. From the entry arborise
- Meanwhile, their caulescence distribution falls above both axons and dendrites, similar to maximum branch order.2015 July 10, Todd A Gillette, Giorgio A Ascoli, “Topological characterization of neuronal arbor morphology via sequence representation: I…. From the entry caulescence
- However, the shape of axons and the composition of the microtubular and neuronal fiber network differ in comparison to cryo-processed specimens.2010, Electron Microscopy of Model Systems, →ISBN, page 324. From the entry cryo-processed
- The number of axons in the static nerve of prosobranchiates is usually greater than the number of receptor cells.1982, Yakov A[bramovich] Vinnikov, translated by Nicholas Bobrov, “Receptor Cells of the Gravity Organ of Invertebrates”, in Evolution of…. From the entry prosobranchiate
- ORN axons project to antennal lobe glomeruli that constitute the macroglomerular complex (MGC) as well as part of a posterior glomerular complex (PCx).2016 January 28, “Transplant Antennae and Host Brain Interact to Shape Odor Perceptual Space in Male Moths”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry macroglomerular
Meaning of axon
- noun 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.
Questions about the plural of axon
- What is the plural of axon?
- The plural of axon is axons.
- Is axon countable?
- Axon is a countable noun.
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