Pseudounipolar neuron

Pseudounipolar neuron
1: Pseudounipolar neuron; 2: Bipolar neuron
Details
SystemNervous system
Identifiers
Latinneuron pseudounipolare
THH2.00.06.1.00047
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

A pseudounipolar neuron is a type of neuron which has one extension from its cell body. This type of neuron contains an axon that has split into two branches. They develop embryologically as bipolar in shape, and are thus termed pseudounipolar instead of unipolar.[1]

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