Civil inattention is thus a means of making privacy possible within a crowd through culturally accepted forms of self-distancing. Seemingly (though not in reality) effortless, such civility is a way of shielding others from personal claims in public â an essential feature of the abstract, impersonal relationships demanded by the open society.
neuron (plural neurons or neura) (cytology) A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites.
Neuron. A neuron is a nerve cell. Neurons send information to and from your brain to the rest of your body. A neuron is made up of: 1  A cell body. 2  This is where the nucleus is. 3  Dendrites. 4  The dendrites receive signals from other neurons. 5  A long, thin axon.