A Juvenile Is Any Person Under the Age of 18

question 63

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A juvenile is any person under the age of 18.

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Definitions:

Neurotransmitters

Chemical messengers that transmit signals across a chemical synapse, from one neuron (nerve cell) to another target neuron, muscle cell, or gland cell.

Myelinization

The process of forming a myelin sheath around the axons of neurons, which increases the speed at which electrical impulses propagate along the nerve cells.

Synapse

The junction between two neurons or a neuron and a muscle where information is transmitted from one to the other.

Dendrites

Branchlike parts of a neuron that are specialized to receive information from other neurons or receptor sites.