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Definitions of cell body:

• In nerve cells, the central portion from which axons and dendrites sprout. The cell body controls the life-sustaining functions of a nerve cell.
  www.alz.org/Resources/Glossary.asp
• The portion of the neuron containing genetic material and cellular organelles.
  www.ualberta.ca/~neuro/OnlineIntro/glossary.htm
• that portion of a cell which contains the nucleus, independent of any such projections as an axon or dendrites which the cell may have.
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• The central structure of a neuron, which contains all of the molecular parts that keep the cell alive, generate new parts, and repair or destroy existing parts.
  www.addictionstudies.org/glossary_c.html
• The main part of a nerve cell (neurone) that appears as a swelling on the thread-like cell. It contains important cell structures, like the nucleus.
  www.spinalnet.co.uk/EEndCom/GBCON/homepage.nsf/0/7D2178E3169E847500256C51007D7DA0
• the portion of the nerve cell that contains the nucleus but does not incorporate the dendrites and axons
  www.fcs.uga.edu/extension/bbb/info/glossary.htm
• the metabolic center of a neuron, 50 um (micrometers) or more in diameter
  johnnylogic.crumpled.com/papers/ch2gloss.html
• Also called the soma, this is the part of neuron which initiates a synaptic potential. This does so by way of a complex metabolic process. The initiation of a synaptic potential takes place here. Go to Top Go Back to Where You Were
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• The cell body or soma is a structure in a neuron consisting of the main part of the cell and containing the nucleus. The cell body excludes the axons and dendrites.
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_body

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