You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The diagram shows the components of a neuron and how it works Write a report for a university, lecturer describing the information shown below. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. You should write at least 150 wo

The diagram portrays the components of the neuron and how it functions .

Overall

, the process consists of 5 steps starting at the cell

body

passing through the

axon

and ending at the Terminal buttons .

To begin

with , the messages sent from other cells enter via the dendrites which is a located on the side of the cell

body

,moving on we notice the

axon

which passes the received messages from the cell

body

and moves them to other organs and parts of the

body

,

at the end

of the

axon

the terminal buttons are found which act like bridges between the neuron and other cells by forming junctions . Second , the activity of the messages in the

axon

is known as the action potential , they're electrical signals that travel throughout the

axon

, these electrical signals can be stimulated by the myelin sheath which covers the

axon

of some neurons and works on speeding their impulses.