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MATCHING Match Each Person with One of the Descriptions Below

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MATCHING
Match each person with one of the descriptions below.
-Charles Evans Hughes


Definitions:

Myelin

A fatty substance that surrounds neurons' axons, helping to speed up the transmission of electrical signals in the nervous system.

Neurons

Electrically excitable cells in the nervous system that process and transmit information through electrical and chemical signals.

Neurotransmitters

Chemical messengers that transmit signals across the synaptic cleft from one neuron to another, influencing mental processes and behavior.

Axon

A long, slender projection of a nerve cell, or neuron, that typically conducts electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body.

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