EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -The cell body of a neuron is called the soma and this is the portion of the neuron where the nucleus is located. The dendrites also extend from the soma and are responsible for receiving messages.

Detailed explanation-3: -»Cyton is the nucleus of a nerve cell.

Detailed explanation-4: -Motor neurons have the most common type of ‘body plan’ for a nerve cell-they are multipolar, each with one axon and several dendrites.