cytons
nounUK /ˈsaɪtɒnz/
US /ˈsaɪtɑːnz/
Cytons are the main body parts of nerve cells.
The teacher showed us a picture of cytons in a nerve cell.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The central parts of cells that contain the nucleus.
Scientists studied the cytons under a microscope.
3. In biology, the main rounded sections of neurons where the nucleus sits.
Each neuron has cytons that keep the cell alive.
4. The cell bodies of nerve cells, as opposed to their long branches.
The cytons cluster together in the brain.