axoplasm
Sign in to saveAxoplasm is the cytoplasm within the axon of a neuron (nerve cell). For some neuronal types this can be more than 99% of the total cytoplasm.
Key facts
- Anatomy.PartOf
- Axon of a nerve
- Anatomy.Name
- Axoplasm
- Anatomy.Latin
- axoplasma
- Anatomy.System
- Nervous system
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Axoplasm is the cytoplasm within the axon of a neuron (nerve cell). For some neuronal types this can be more than 99% of the total cytoplasm.
Axoplasm has a different composition of organelles and other materials than that found in the neuron's cell body (soma) or dendrites. In axonal transport (also known as axoplasmic transport) materials are carried through the axoplasm to or from the soma.
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