cell body

American  

noun

Biology.

1. the compact area of a nerve cell that constitutes the nucleus and surrounding cytoplasm, excluding the axons and dendrites.

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cell body Scientific  

1. The portion of a neuron that contains the nucleus but does not incorporate the dendrites or axon.

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Etymology

Origin of cell body

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

An axon is a long cable-like extension from a neuron cell body that transfers the neuron's signal to another neuron.

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2024

Among neurons, in contrast, the fusion happened farther away from the cell body, at long, thin extensions known as dendrites and axons, which are critical for cell-cell communication.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 6, 2023

When lung cells fused, only the main parts of the cell body connected to each other.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 6, 2023

Indeed, every 3-cm increase in axon length is calculated to add more than double the volume of the neuronal cell body to the axon each day.

From Scientific American • Sep. 29, 2022

A developed neuron consists of a cell body with numerous prolongations in the form of white, thread-like fibres.

From Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education by Ontario. Ministry of Education