Relier Pairs Parts of a neuronVersion en ligne Partos of a neuron par Viviana Castañeda 1 Axon terminal 2 Axon 3 Soma 4 Neuron 5 Nucleus 6 Schwann cell 7 Node of Ranvier 8 Dendrite Cell body 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 special, usually round mass of material in a cell that directs its growth and reproduction and contains most of the genetic material. Found at the end of the axon farthest from the soma and contains synapses A long, thread-like structure attached to a nerve cell that sends out signals away from the nerve cell 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.