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VOCABULARY
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Connectives tissue
a tissue, usually of mesoblastic origin, that connects,
supports, or surrounds other tissues, organs, etc.
Skeletal
the body's framework of bones
Blood vessels
General term for arteries, veins, and capillaries that transport blood throughout the
body.
Nerve
one or more bundles of fibers forming part of
a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc.,between thebrain or spinal
cord and other parts of the body.
Fascia
a band or sheath of connective tissue investing,
supporting, or binding together internal organs orparts of the body.
Density
An indication of the compactness of a substance. It is expressed as the ratio of
the mass of the substance to its unit volume. The common units are g/cm3 and
kg/m3.
Bind
a feeling of resistance to motion within a joint or tissue. Also called
resistance
Fibres
a slender, threadlike element or cell, as of nerve, muscle, or connective tissue.
Substance
that of which a thing consists; physical matter or
material.
Muscle
tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces
movement in the body.
Innervation
the distribution of nerves to a part.
Inhibitory
Slowing down or preventing a process reaction or sunction.
Excitatory
Causing or tending to cause excitation.
Contraction
The shortening and thickening of a muscle in action.
Nuclei
Plural of nucleus.
Pacemakers
A small device tha’s placed in the chest or abdomen to help control abnormal heart
rhytms.
Cardiac
Of or relating to the esophageal portion of the stomach.
Neurone
An electnically excitable cell that processes and transmits information through
electrical and chemical signals.
Enzyme.
A macromolecule that acts as a catalyst to induce chemical changes in other
substances, while itself remaining apparently unchanged by the process.
Impulses
A sudden strong and unrefiective urge or desire
to act.
Anatomical
pertaining to anatomy or to the structure of the organism.
Granules
A small compact particle of a substance.
Ribosomes
A complex molecular machine, found within all living cells, that serves as the site of
biological protein synthesis.
Nerve Fibres
Very thin, thread-like transmission lines that carry signals between nerves and
receptors in the skin, muscles, and internal organs.
Muscle Fibres
An elongated contractile cell that forms the
muscles of the body.