軸じく索さく

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

axon; axis cylinder

Anatomical term for the long projection of a neuron that conducts impulses away from the cell body. Used in medical and biological contexts.

• 軸じく索さくは神しん経けい細さい胞ぼうから信しん号ごうを伝つたえる。

  The axon transmits signals from the nerve cell.

• 軸じく索さくの損そん傷しょうは深しん刻こくな神しん経けい障しょう害がいを引ひき起おこすことがある。

  Damage to the axon can cause serious neurological disorders.