Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The cytoplasm of an axon.
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- noun The
cytoplasm of anaxon
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Greek axōn + –plasm.]
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They proposed three hypotheses for why the membrane potential reverses during a spike: Anion hypothesis: the active membrane becomes selectively permeable to anions which are present in the axoplasm, but are in low or zero concentration in sea water; Inductance hypothesis: the membrane plays the role of an inductor.
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The Anion Hypothesis There are certain organic anions present in the axoplasm of a neuron but absent from the extracellular fl uid.
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