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.
He did an expirement that involved shooting a beam of particles at a thin sheet of gold. Through this he discovered that there is a small, dense, positively charged nucleus; most of an atomâs mass in the atomâs nucleus; atoms contain mostly empty space; electrons move in empty space in the atom.