neuronal cell body - Ontology Browser

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Term:	neuronal cell body	go back to main search page
Accession:	GO:0043025	browse the term view annotations
Definition:	The portion of a neuron that includes the nucleus, but excludes cell projections such as axons and dendrites.
Comment:	Note that 'cell body' and 'cell soma' are not used in the literature for cells that lack projections, nor for some cells (e.g. yeast with mating projections) that do have projections.
Synonyms:	exact_synonym:	neuron cell body; neuronal cell soma
	xref_analog:	NIF_Subcellular:sao1044911821; Wikipedia:Soma_(biology)

Parent Terms	Term With Siblings	Child Terms
cell body + neuron part +	cell body membrane + dendritic tree Lewy body + Lewy body-like hyaline inclusion nBAF complex neurofibrillary tangle neurofilament cytoskeleton + neuron projection + neuronal cell body + The portion of a neuron that includes the nucleus, but excludes cell projections such as axons and dendrites. presynaptic active zone + presynaptic membrane + somatic portion of tanycyte spine apparatus spine mat subplasmalemmal coating	apical pole of neuron axon hillock basal pole of neuron neuronal cell body membrane perikaryon