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NER VOUS SYSTEM
        STRUCTURE OF A MOTOR NEURON
               Cell body
                                      Nucleus
                                                                    Schwann   Node of
                                             Synaptic               cell     Ranvier
                                             knob
                                              Axon hillock




                                                 Axon
                                                                                       Myelin sheath
                                            Dendrite
                                                                    Mitochondrion
                                                                                          TYPES OF
        Nucleolus                                                                         NERVE ENDING
                          Nissl                  TYPES OF NEURON
                          body
                                         MULTIPOLAR      UNIPOLAR         BIPOLAR
        STRUCTURE OF                 Motor end plate    Dendrite          Dendrite
        A SYNAPTIC KNOB

                           Presynaptic
                           axon                                                           FREE NERVE
                                                                                          ENDING
                            Microtubule

                            Neurofilament                           Axon
                               Endoplasmic
                               reticulum
                                 Mitochondrion                  Axon
                                 Synaptic                                                 MEISSNER’S
                                 vesicle           Node of                                CORPUSCLE
                                                   Ranvier
                                                                   Cell             Nucleus
         Neurotransmitter  Presynaptic                             body
                           membrane
                                                 Schwann
                                                 cell
                                                                                          MERKEL’S DISK
                       Myelin sheath          Cell body


                                       Axon

                                   Nucleus          Nucleus
         Cell body
                                      Dendrite                                            RUFFINI CORPUSCLE
                                                                   Dendrite

                                                  Receptor
                                                                                          PACINIAN
                                                                                          CORPUSCLE

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