The diagram shows the components of a neuron and how it works.

The graph provides information about how many main parts of a

neuron

and the way it operates.

Overall

, every

neuron

in our brain is constituted by six components including the cell body, the

dendrites

, the

axon

, the action potential, the myelin sheath and the terminal buttons.

In addition

, the

dendrites

play a significant role because they must handle two responsibilities at one time. Being a circular shape, the cell body called “Soma” is located in the centre of the

neuron

and is surrounded by many branches of the

dendrites

which receive messages from other cells and link to another

neuron

. Being the biggest size branch of

dendrites

, the

axon

is a long cord conveying notes from Soma to other neurons, muscles or glands. Every

axon

is covered by 5 myelin sheaths which function to help speed neural impulses. The action potential is shaped as electrical potential travelling down the

axon

and

also

transmits Soma to terminal buttons which form junctions with other cells. The most discernable feature of terminal buttons is the small circular point at its head.