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Six example sentences with axon, each labelled with its topic.
A squid's giant axon is wide enough to thread an electrode through, which is why early labs prized it.
Science
Recovery after the crush injury depends on whether each axon regrows along its original path to the muscle.
Medicine
Chip designers borrow the axon as a metaphor, running one output line to thousands of downstream logic gates.
Technology
Practice wraps each busy axon in more insulation, which is one reason a skill drilled daily becomes automatic.
Psychology
Cajal's drawings of the 1890s showed each axon ending near, but never fusing with, the next cell.
History
A sprinter's reaction time depends on how fast each axon carries the starter's signal from ear to leg.
Fitness
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