the image shows a detailed rendering of a neuron, a nerve cell, with its soma.

neuron nerve cell axon dendrite synapse neurotransmitter brain nervous system central peripheral spinal cord glial myelin sheath action potential impulse neural network pathway neurotransmission synaptic cleft receptor ion channel membrane depolarization repolarization hyperpolarization resting sodiumpotassium pump neuroglia oligodendrocyte schwann