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cell body
-includes nucleus
-contains genetic material of cell
dendrites
-branch like structures
-protrude from cell body
-carry nerve impulses from neighbouring neurons towards cell body
axon
-carries impulses away from cell body down length of neuron
myelin sheath
-fatty layer
-protects the axon
-speeds up electrical transmission of impulse
nodes of ranvier
-gaps of myelin sheath
-speed up transmission of impulse
-forcing it to jump across gaps along axon
axon terminal
-allows communication with next neuron in chain
-across gap called synapse
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