Psychology

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Neuron

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A specialized cell that
conducts impulses through the
nervous system and contains
three major parts—a cell body,
dendrites, and an axon.

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cell body

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part of a neurnon that contains the nucleus and carries out the metabolic functions of neuron

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dendrites

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in neuron, branchlike extensions of cell body, recieve signals from other neurons

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axon

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slender, tail like extension of neuron that transmits signals to the dendrites or cell body of other neurons and to muscles, glands, other parts of body

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glial cells

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specialized in brain and spinal cord, hold neurons together, remove waste products, perfom manufact, nourish, and cleanup

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synapse

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junction where axon terminal of a sending neuron communicates with a recieving neuron across synaptic cleft

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permeability

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penetrated or passed through

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resting potential

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slight negative elec. potential of axon membrane of a neuron, at rest-70 milivolts