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Neuron, a still.
True size1mm long
Tiny World · Built from a recipe

Neuron

No. 30 of 374, smallest first
A typical one: a nerve cell with a short axon, about 1 mm

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A neuron is a nerve cell, the kind of cell that carries messages around the brain and body.

Shelf
Tiny World
Kind
Built from a recipe
Sound
Yes
Licenses
CC0
Neuron at its real size

Life size. This neuron is 1 mm long on your screen too, give or take a tenth on a phone. Hold a real one next to it.

How to play, in the Playground

Tap it to fire a signal. Try the Signal slider in the Splash tab.

Its controls

ControlKindRangeStart
Fire a signalTap
SignalSlider0 to 100%60%
FireButton
CellColor#b565d8

About it

A neuron is a nerve cell, the kind of cell that carries messages around the brain and body. Its branching dendrites pick up signals, and a long wire called the axon carries them on to the tips, where they pass to the next cell.

Tap it to fire a signal: a bright spark runs from the cell body down the whole axon and bursts into light at the tips. Real nerve signals are tiny electrical pulses, and some travel at over 100 meters a second. The human brain has about 86 billion neurons.

Details

Splats
Opens at 200,000 at Mid Detail, 60,001 at Low, and up to 250,000 at Max

Sources and credits

WorkByLicense
highvoltagearc.wav (neuron-arc.mp3)SclolexCC0 1.0

Share it

This link opens it in the Playground. To put it on your own page, add the element and one script tag. Every option.

https://splashery.app/play/?toy=neuron<script type="module" src="https://splashery.app/play/src/element.js"></script> <splashery-toy toy="neuron"></splashery-toy>

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