Pseudounipolar

Japanese: 偽単極性 - ぎたんきょくせい
Pseudounipolar

…Ganglion cells in sensory ganglia have a characteristic shape. That is, only one process emerges from the circular cell body (nerve cells usually have multiple processes), but this immediately branches into two processes, a peripheral process and a central process (called pseudounipolar). The peripheral process transmits information from its end toward the cell body, so from the viewpoint of the direction of excitation conduction alone, the peripheral process corresponds to the dendrites of a general neuron. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "pseudounipolarity" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…感覚神経節の神経節細胞は特徴的な形をしている。すなわち,円形の細胞体からはただ1本の突起が出るが(神経細胞は複数の突起をもつのが普通である),これはすぐに末梢性突起と中枢性突起に2分岐する(これを偽単極性という)。末梢性の突起は,その末端から細胞体の方向へと情報を伝えるから,興奮伝導の方向だけからみれば末梢性突起は一般のニューロンの樹状突起にあたる。…

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