________ is the region of the cell from which the axon originates
The initial region of the axon arises from a cone-shaped area of the cell body called the axon hillock (little hill).4 people found this useful.ETWEEN NEURONS: A neural signal can be passed from one neuron to another, at a synapse, across the synaptic cleft, by the release of chemicals called neurotransmitters from the presynaptic neuron, which diffuse across the synaptic cleft, to fit into receptors on the postsynaptic neuron.