The diagram illustrates the inner workings of a neuron as well as its different parts. Overall, the diagram shows the clear structure of a neuron and effectively identifies each component inside of it and their jobs.
The first portion of the neuron, often classified as “the head”, which is scientifically known to contain one of its most crucial component, and that is its cell body, more technically known as the soma. Around this “head” lies hair-like structures, known as dendrites, their job is to receive messages from neighboring cells inside of different neurons as illustred on the east side of the diagram. As we move further, we notice a systematically organized set of tubes with a string-like structure that passes through it, this is known as the axon and it is responsible for transporting messages further away from the cell body and towards other parts of the neuron such as muscles and glands, it also contains an electrical cue to travel down the axon, this is known as the “action potential”.
Furthermore, the tube-like structure that the axon passes through is known as the myelin sheath, its typical job is to speed up neural impulses and to keep the axon covered and secured. Lastly we can look at the final end of the neuron, otherwise known as “the tail”, this final component contains the terminal buttoms, which are located on the ends of an almost stringy-like material, they are mainly used to form bonds with other neighboring cells. In summary, the diagram provides an easy to understand, clear image of the structure of the neurons located inside of our body.