English Explanatory Dictionary

axon hillock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A specialized part of the soma of a neuron that connects to the axon. It is the last site in the soma where membrane potentials propagated from synaptic inputs are summated before being transmitted to the axon.

Word forms

axon hillock axon hillocks
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