Relacionar Columnas Parts of a neuronVersión en línea Partos of a neuron por Viviana Castañeda 1 Soma 2 Neuron 3 Nucleus 4 Axon 5 Dendrite 6 Axon terminal 7 Schwann cell 8 Node of Ranvier 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 Cell body A nerve cell that carries information between the brain and other parts of the 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 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