Some back of the envelope math says this is true. A conservative estimate for the size of an alpha motor neuron axon is 10μm diameter and 1m long, which already puts it over an order of magnitude larger than the 4,000,000µm³ oocyte quoted in the article.

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NoMoreNicksLeft 3 hours ago | parent [-]

This almost feels like cheating. Why not count hair follicles with hair attached then?

	▲	mbauman 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		That's very different; hair doesn't perform membrane transport along its length. The surface of an axon is critical to the cell's functioning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axolemma
	▲	hatthew 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		In addition to what mbauman said, hair follicles and the hair itself are not single-cell. I can't immediately find the composition and average cell size, but even a long and thick strand of hair is less than 2 orders of magnitude larger than the largest neurons. I doubt any individual hair cell is very large.