An electrode for application to the human skin, includes an electrically non-conductive support which on its upper side, facing away from the skin, has a protruding, electrically conductive connecting element with a terminal for removable connection of a signal conductor. A transverse conductor is provided which extends at least partially on the opposite, lower side of the support and is electrically coupled to the connecting element and to a contact medium facing the skin. The connecting element is made of a single piece, which on the one hand is connected to the transverse electrical conductor, and on the other hand has the terminal for releasable connection of a separate signal conductor.
