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