axon hillock (English, noun)
expansion: axon hillock (plural axon hillocks)
Senses:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A specialized part of the soma of a neuron that connects to the axon. It is the last site in the soma where membrane potentials propagated from synaptic inputs are summated before being transmitted to the axon.
Forms:
form: axon hillocks
tags: plural