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 # axon
 
-![axon connects to Synapse/Dendrite](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Blausen_0657_MultipolarNeuron.png)
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 This is a set of simple utility programs for interacting with the Matrix
 Client-Server API that I find useful when designing bots and custom clients
-(like [tallyard](https://tallyard.xyz))
+(like [tallyard](https://tallyard.xyz)).  The name comes from the part of
+neurons that seem to connect to
+[Synapses](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse) and
+[Dendrites](https://github.com/matrix-org/dendrite):
+
+![axon connects to Synapse/Dendrite](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Blausen_0657_MultipolarNeuron.png)
 
 # usage