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Cell body (soma)

Houses nucleus; protein production center.

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Dendrite

Numerous processes that receive incoming signals.

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Axon hillock

Primary site of integration of EPSPs & IPSPs.

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Axon

Single process that transmits APs away from cell body.

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Axon terminal

Store and release NTs into synapse.

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Myelin sheath

Insulate axon to form an internode.

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Schwann cell

Glial cells that myelinate peripheral axons.

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Synapse

Junction between a neuron and another cell.

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Node (of Ranvier)

Gaps of bare axon between internodes.