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the neuron will fire
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and it fires along the axon,
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the thing to the right.
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The axon is much longer than the dendrites
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and, in fact, some axons are many feet long.
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There's an axon leading from your spinal cord
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to your big toe for instance.
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It is so shocking the lights go out.
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Surrounded--Surrounding--To complete a mechanical metaphor
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that would have led Descartes to despair--
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Thank you, Koleen.
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Surrounding the axon is a myelin sheath,