And a neuron is a specialized type of cell that can generate electric signals, carry those electric signals and send or pass down those electric signals to other cells either via electrical or chemical means. Now, a neuron is so specialized that it lost its ability to divide. So a neuron cannot divide via mitosis and that implies that a neuron is always in the genot phase of interface. Now, although the size and shape of neurons in the body can actually vary from one location to another they all consist of several important features. So we have dendrites the cell body also known as the soma. We have the axon hillock.