dendrites

Japanese: dendrites
dendrites

… A cell called a neuron has three distinct parts: (1) a cell body (soma) that surrounds the nucleus, (2) dendrites (dendritic projections) that carry impulses toward the cell body, and (3) a single axon (although it has many branches) that sends impulses away from the cell body. When a neuron generates a spike in the body, an impulse is first generated at the beginning of the axon (the axon hillock). …

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Japanese:

… ニューロンと呼ばれる細胞には三つの部分が区別される。すなわち,(1)核を取り囲む細胞体soma,(2)興奮を細胞体のほうへ伝える樹状突起dendrites,(3)興奮を細胞体から送り出す1本の軸索axon(ただし,分枝は多い)である。生体内でニューロンがスパイクを発生するときには,まず軸索の起始部(軸索小丘axon‐hillock)のところからインパルスが形成される。…

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