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Biological psychologists
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a branch of psychology concerned with the links between biology and behavior.
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Neuron
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a nerve cell; the basic building block of the nervous system.
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Dendrite
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the bushy, branching extensions of a neuron that receive messages and conduct impulses toward the cell body
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Axon
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the extension of a neuron, ending in branching terminal fibers, through which messages pass to other neurons or to muscles or glands.
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Myelin sheath
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a layer of fatty tissue segmentally encasing the fibers of many neurons; enables vastly greater transmission speed of neural impulses as the impulse hops from one node to the next
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