A neuron is an electrically excitable cell that processes and transmits information through electrical and chemical signals between itself and other neurons via specialized connections called synapses. A typical neuron consists of a cell body containing the nucleus, dendrites that receive signals from other neurons, a long axon that extends to transmit signals to other neurons via synaptic terminals.

1. “Neuron”

2. What is a neuron?
• Is an electrically excitable cell that processes and
transmits information through electrical and
chemical signals. These signals between neurons
occur via synapses, specialized connections with
other cells.

3. Neurons have many different shapes and sizes. However, a
typical neuron in a vertebrate (such as a human) consists of four
major regions: a cell body, dendrites, an axon , and synaptic
terminals. Like all cells, the entire neuron is surrounded by a cell
membrane. The cell body is the enlarged portion of a neuron
that most closely resembles other cells. It contains the nucleus
and other organelles and it coordinates the metabolic activity of
the neuron.

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