Relier Pairs Parts of a neuronVersion en ligne Partos of a neuron par Viviana Castañeda 1 Schwann cell 2 Soma 3 Dendrite 4 Node of Ranvier 5 Nucleus 6 Axon 7 Axon terminal 8 Neuron 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 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 Cell body A gap occurring at regular intervals between segments of myelin sheath along a nerve axon. Any of the cells in the peripheral nervous system that produce the myelin sheath around neuronal axons. A special, usually round mass of material in a cell that directs its growth and reproduction and contains most of the genetic material.