| axopetal | Extending in a direction toward an axon. Origin: axo-+ L. Peto, to seek (05 Mar 2000) |
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| axoplasm | <cell biology> The cytoplasm of a neuron. (12 Mar 1998) |
| axoplasmic transport | Transport by way of flow of axoplasm toward cell soma (retrograde) or toward axon terminal (anterograde). (05 Mar 2000) |
| axopod | <cell biology> Thin processes (a few m in diameter but up to 500 m long), supported by complex arrays of microtubules, that radiate from the bodies of Heliozoa. (12 Mar 1998) |
| axopodium | A permanent pseudopodium containing a stiff axial filament of differentiated protoplasm. Synonym: axiopodium. Origin: Mod. L., fr. L. Axis + G. Podion, dim. Of pous (pod-), foot (05 Mar 2000) |
| axosomatic | Relating to the synaptic relationship of an axon with a nerve cell body. See: synapse. Origin: axo-+ G. Soma, body (05 Mar 2000) |
| axosomatic synapse | The synaptic junction of an axon terminal of one nerve cell to the cell body of another nerve cell. Synonym: pericorpuscular synapse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| axostyle | An elongate supporting rod or tubule that runs the length of certain flagellate protozoans, frequently projecting out of the posterior end. Single or multiple, filamentous or rigid, they vary with the species but serve as an endoskeletal framework and may function in locomotion as well. Origin: axo-+ G. Stylos, pillar (05 Mar 2000) |
| axostyles | <cell biology> Ribbon like bundles of microtubules found in certain parasitic protozoa that may generate bending waves by dynein mediated sliding of microtubules. (12 Mar 1998) |
| axotomy | Transection or severing of an axon. This type of denervation is used often in experimental studies on neuronal physiology and neuronal death or survival, toward an understanding of nervous system disease. (12 Dec 1998) |