Revisiting My Past Lesson Nerve Cell - type of cell that receives and sends messages from the body to the brain and back to the body. Nerve Cell /Neuron Nerve Cell /Neuron Dendrite are the area where neurons receive most of their information. Nerve Cell /Neuron Soma or Cell Body takes all the information from the dendrite. Nerve Cell /Neuron Nerve Cell /Neuron Axon is where electrical impulses from the neuron travel away to be received by other neurons. Nerve Cell /Neuron Nerve Impulse - an electrical signal that travels along a nerve fiber in response to a stimulus and serves to transmit a record of sensation from a receptor or an instruction to act to an effector. Nerve Impulse Nerve Impulse Enrichment Activity 1. During the first 3 years, child’s brain triples in weight and establishes approximately 1,000 trillion nerve connections. Gather and write down information about ways of stimulating brain development in children. Assignment : Design a flyer or make an infographics that will disseminate information about the different diseases affecting the nervous system.