axon collateral

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• Collateral — In anatomy, a collateral is a subordinate or accessory part. A collateral is also a side branch, as of a blood vessel or nerve. After a coronary artery occlusion, collaterals (that is, collateral vessels) often develop to shunt blood around the… …   Medical dictionary

• collateral — adj. [L. cum, with; latera, sides] A subsidiary; indirect; a lateral branch of an axon …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• recurrent collateral — A collateral axon that turns back to end near the cell body or a similar one …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• Schaffer collateral — Schaffer collaterals are axon collaterals given off by CA3 pyramidal cells in the hippocampus. These collaterals project to area CA1 of the hippocampus and are an integral part of memory formation and the emotional network of the Papez circuit,… …   Wikipedia

• List of anatomical topics — This page aims to list articles related to anatomy. This list is not necessarily complete or up to date if you see an article that should be here but isn t (or one that shouldn t be here but is), please update the page accordingly. NOTOC A… …   Wikipedia

• nervous system — Anat., Zool. 1. the system of nerves and nerve centers in an animal or human, including the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and ganglia. 2. a particular part of this system. Cf. autonomic nervous system, central nervous system, peripheral nervous… …   Universalium

• Mauthner cell — The Mauthner Cells are a pair of big and easily identifiable neurons (one for each half of the body) located in the rhombomere 4 of the hindbrain in fish and amphibians that are responsible for a very fast escape reflex (in the majority of… …   Wikipedia

• Deleted in Colorectal Cancer — Deleted in colorectal carcinoma Rendering based on PDB 2ED7 …   Wikipedia

• paraxon — A collateral branch of an axon. [para + G. axon, axis] * * * par·ax·on (par akґson) [para + axon] a collateral branch of an axon …   Medical dictionary

• human embryology — ▪ biology Introduction       the process encompassing the period from the formation of an embryo, through the development of a fetus, to birth.       The human body, like that of most animals, develops from a single cell produced by the union of… …   Universalium

• nervous system disease — Introduction       any of the diseases or disorders that affect the functioning of the human nervous system (nervous system, human). Everything that humans sense, consider, and effect and all the unlearned reflexes of the body depend on the… …   Universalium