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A. Nerve cell structure and function
2 Myelinated and unmyelinated nerve fibers
1 Neuron and Unmyelinated fibers
synapse

and Function

Dendrites
Soma
Axon hillock
Mito-
chondria Structure

Axon (neurite) Schwann Neuron
cells
Axolemma
Plate 2.1
Endoneurium

Myelinated
fibers

Myelin
Nodes sheath
of Ranvier

Electron microscopic view,
1:22000 magnification.
Photograph courtesy of Dr. Lauren A. Langford
Nucleus of
a Schwann cell
Collaterals Presynaptic ending
(terminal
button) Electrical 3 Synapse (diagram)
transmission
Presynaptic
membrane
Chemical
transmission
(neurotransmitter) Synaptic
cleft
Electrical Postsynaptic
transmission membrane
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