A hypothesis MUST be testable.
Axillary buds are found at the insertion point of leaves and lateral branches in the nodes and give rise to lateral branches and flowers. Internodes are the stem regions between nodes. They lack lateral organs. It can be said that the stem is made up of nodes, internodes and axillary buds tidily arranged.
Type of neuron that receives messages from the environment is a sensory neuron ie it receives messages from the 5 senses which are used by man to investigate the environment.