noun
axon hillock
Specialized term in neurobiology referring to the region where the axon originates from the neuronal cell body.
軸索小丘は活動電位の発生に重要な部位である。
The axon hillock is a crucial site for the generation of action potentials.
Compound of 軸索 (axon) + 小丘 (hillock), a calque of the English term 'axon hillock'.