By setting up the King of Brobdingnag as the fool who fails to recognize the powerful tool Gulliver is willing to put into his hands, Swift creates the dramatic contrast between the just ruler of this exotic land and the current King of England who, by implication, would embrace such a weapon in a heartbeat.
An axon (from Greek á¼Î¾ÏÎ½ Ã¡xÅn, axis), is a long, slender projection of a nerve cell, or neuron, that typically conducts electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body. Axons are also known as nerve fibers. The function of the axon is to transmit information to different neurons, muscles and glands.
Unformatted text preview: â¢ The axon is insulated by fatty material called the myelin sheath which helps the nerve impulse travel faster â¢ The axon ends in branches or terminal buttons â¢ Synapses â the gaps between the neurons â often between the axon of one neuron and the dendrite or cell body of another â¢ Research has increased our knowledge about ...