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