Axoplasm

Axoplasm is cytoplasm that is found inside the axon of a neuron. Neurites (a collective term that includes both axons and dendrites) contain around 99.6% of the cell's total cytoplasm with 99.7% of that being found in the axons. In axoplasmic transport materials are carried by means of the axoplasm to or from the soma.

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