Definition of axon. : a usually long and single nerve-cell process that usually conducts impulses away from the cell body â see neuron illustration.
Frederick Fred Cossom Hollows, was born on the 9th of April 1929 in Dunedin, New Zealand. He was an ophthalmologist who became known for his work in restoring eyesight for several thousands of people in Australia and many other countries.
The classic example used to explain the concept of use and disuse is the elongated neck of the giraffe. According to Lamarck's theory, a given giraffe could, over a lifetime of straining to reach high branches, develop an elongated neck.hough he was building on the work of his mentor, Count George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744-1829) is often credited with making the first large advance toward modern evolutionary theory because he was the first to propose a mechanism by which the gradual change of species might take place.