A type of cell that receives and sends messages from the body to the brain and back to the body. The messages are sent by a weak electrical current. Also called neuron. Found on http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary?expand=N
Synonym for neuron ... An excitable cell specialised for the transmission of electrical signals over long distances. Neurons receive input from sensory cells or other neurons and send output to muscles or other neurons. Neurons with sensory input are called sensory neurons, neurons with muscle outputs are called motoneurons, neurons that connect on... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973
Click images to enlargeElongated cell that transmits information rapidly between different parts of the body, the basic functional unit of the nervous system. Each nerve cell has a cell body, containing the nucleus, from which trail processes called dendrites, responsible for receiving incoming signals. The unit of inform... Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21221
(neuron) The basic working unit of the nervous system. The nerve cell typically is composed of a cell body containing the nucleus, several short branches (dendrites), and one long arm (the axon) with short branches along its length and at its end. Nerve cells send signals that control the actions of other cells in the body, such as other ner... Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/23246