axoneme

[ ak-suh-neem ]
/ ˈæk səˌnim /

noun Cell Biology.

the shaft within a flagellum or cilium, containing twenty microtubules arranged as nine doublets and two singlets.
Compare nine plus two array.

Origin of axoneme

1900–05; axo- + -neme < Greek nêma thread

Words nearby axoneme

axolysis, axometer, axon, axon hillock, axon terminals, axoneme, axonography, axonometer, axonometric, axonometric projection, axonometry

Medical definitions for axoneme

axoneme
[ ăk′sə-nēm′ ]

n.

The axial thread of a chromosome.
axial filament