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An axon is a long, slender projection of a nerve cell, or neuron, that typically conducts electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body. It is fundamental in transmitting information to different neurons, muscles, and glands.
The junction between two neurons or a neuron and a muscle/gland where signal transmission occurs.
A fatty layer that surrounds some axons, increasing their speed of signal transmission.
A rapid rise and subsequent fall in voltage or membrane potential across a cellular membrane that occurs when a neuron sends information down an axon