Dendrite Axon

a short branched extension of a nerve cell, or nerve fiber, is a long slender projection of a
along which impulses received from other nerve cell, or neuron, that conducts electrical
cells at synapses are transmitted to the impulses away from the neuron's cell body or
cell. soma.

Synapse Cell Body

is the junction between two neurons or the compact area of a nerve cell that
nerve cells where there is a small gap that constitutes the nucleus and surrounding
neurotransmitters help nerve impulses to cytoplasm, excluding the axons and dendrites.
cross.

Myelin Sheath
the insulating covering that surrounds
an axon is to increase the speed at which
impulses propagate along the myelinated
fiber.