Relier Pairs Parts of a neuronVersion en ligne Partos of a neuron par Viviana Castañeda 1 Axon terminal 2 Soma 3 Nucleus 4 Dendrite 5 Neuron 6 Schwann cell 7 Node of Ranvier 8 Axon A nerve cell that carries information between the brain and other parts of the body One of the short parts like threads at the edge of a nerve cell that carry messages to the cell Cell body A special, usually round mass of material in a cell that directs its growth and reproduction and contains most of the genetic material. Any of the cells in the peripheral nervous system that produce the myelin sheath around neuronal axons. A gap occurring at regular intervals between segments of myelin sheath along a nerve axon. A long, thread-like structure attached to a nerve cell that sends out signals away from the nerve cell Found at the end of the axon farthest from the soma and contains synapses