General description:
---Components:
nerve cell: neuron
Glial cell: neuroglial
---Function:
Neurons : receive the stimulation, conduct the nerve impulse.
Glial cell: support, protect and insulate, nourish neurons.
Neuron:
The structural and functional cellular unit.
Shape of Neuron:
consists of cell body, dendrite and axon.
---cell body(perikaryon or soma): spherical, pyramidal fusiform or stellate in shape.
---dendrite: like branches of tree.
---axon: long thin cord-liked.