Diagram of a Multipolar Neuron

Can you label the following structures and explain their function/significance?

1. Cell body or soma
2. Nucleus
3. Cell membrane
4. Dendrites
5. Axodendritic synapse
6. Axosomatic synapse
7. Axon
8. Axon collateral
9. Myelin sheath
10. Nodes of Ranvier
11. Terminal arborizations
12. Terminal buttons

Can you indicate the direction of conduction in this neuron?

Can you draw a synapse and label and explain the function/significance of the following structures?

1. terminal button
2. presynaptic membrane
3. synaptic vesicle
4. synaptic cleft
5. postsynaptic membrane
6. postsynaptic receptor

Can you explain why this neuron is called "multipolar" and not "unipolar" or "bipolar"?

Here is a second diagram you may want to study

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