Neurons of the Brain

Anatomy

Dendrites: are the fibrous extension of the cell body. They give the neuron its charactersitic shape. Dendrites range in number and size. They serve as the reception surface of a neuron. Dendrites recieve information through synaptic connection from the proceeding neuron.
The Cell body: is the part of the neuron containing the nucleus, cell membrance and contributing organelles.
The Axon: conducts information from the cell body to the synaptic terminals. This action triggers synaptic transmission. It also transports chemical substances from the cell body to the synaptic terminals and vice versa.
Myelin: is a fatty sheath that serves as insulation on larger axons. It is formed by glial cells but NOT ALL NEURONS HAVE MYELIN.
The synapses: are points of functional contact between axon terminals and other cells. There are two types of snapses, the chemical and the electrical synapses.

ACH is produced by the brain and transmitted to the dendrites of a neuron. The synapses of the dendrites recieve the ACH message.
The message is then transferred through the dendrites to the cell body and from the cell body down to the axon to the synaptic terminals.
Synaptic vessicles are signaled to shoot the neuron's chemicals to the next neurons dendrites. Once this message has been received by the neighboring neuron the original chemicals are shot back from the neighbor neuron to the original neuron.
The chemicals the return to a storage pool where they will await the next message to be sent.
This procedure will continue from one neuron to another until the message reaches its designated place