axon

id: GO:0030424
name: axon
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The long process of a neuron that conducts nerve impulses, usually away from the cell body to the terminals and varicosities, which are sites of storage and release of neurotransmitter.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0042757giant axon
GO:0044299C-fiber
GO:0044300cerebellar mossy fiber
GO:0044301climbing fiber
GO:0044302dentate gyrus mossy fiber

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0043005neuron projection