perikaryon
Americannoun
plural
perikaryaEtymology
Origin of perikaryon
1895–1900; peri- + Greek káryon nut, kernel
Example Sentences
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From the base often near its middle arises one large fibre—the axone fibre, which conducts impulses away from the perikaryon.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
In some few cells the axone breaks up into branches in the immediate neighbourhood of its own perikaryon in the cortex.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
The cortical neurone therefore collects impulses in the region of cortex just about its perikaryon and discharges them to other regions, some not cortical or even cerebral, but spinal, &c.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
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