- nerve cell, neuron - a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses
--1 is a kind of somatic cell, vegetative cell
--1 is a part of nervous system, systema nervosum
--1 has parts: axon, axone; dendrite
--1 has particulars:brain cell; motor neuron, efferent neuron, motor nerve fiber, motoneuron; sensory neuron, afferent neuron