[] 神元

[] 神元

[医] 神元; 索; 脑脊髓(罕)



neuron
[ noun ]
a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses
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Neuron \Neu"ron\, n.; pl. {Neura}. [NL., from Gr. ney^ron
nerve.] (Anat.)
1. The brain and spinal cord; the cerebro-spinal axis;
myelencephalon. [obsolete] --B. G. Wilder.

2. (Cell Biology) The characteristic specialized cell that is
part of the nervous system, serving to conduct electrical
impulses to and from the brain, and also between other
parts of the body, and composed of a main cell body, the
axon, with a varying number of processes of varying
length, the dendrites; a nerve cell. The movement and
behavior of higher animals depends on the signals
tranmsitted by such nerve cells.
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