Nervous System
Secretes melatonin
Pineal gland
The sense and awareness of movement
Another name for a growth hormone.
Somatotropin
Blood cell production in the red bone marrow.
Hematopoesis
The primary component of lymph.
Water
Horse’s tail of the spinal cord
Caudaequina
The superficial layer or tube of fascia.
Pannicular
Master gland attached to hypothalamus.
Pituitary
In the pulmonary circuit, these blood vessels carry oxygen-rich blood.
Veins
The zone between two lymphotones.
Watershed
Boundary that protects the brain from pathogens in the blood
Blood Brain barrier
Sense and awareness of where body parts are positioned in space and relationship to one another.
Proprioception
These hormones require a second messenger to affect their target.
Water soluble
Valve located between the left atrium and ventricle.
Mitral
This duct collects lymph from the supper left and both lower quadrants of the body.
Thoracic
Colorless fluid that cushions and nourishes the structures of the CNS
Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF)
Most abundant myofascial sensory receptors.
Interstitial
Group of hormones that includes adrenaline and noradrenaline.
Catecholamides
Also called a thrombocyte.
Platelet
A segment of a collector.
Angion
Area of the skin innervated by sensory fibers from a specific spinal nerve and cord segment.
Dermatome
Small electrical charge along a cell or tissue surface created by mechanical pressure.
Piezoelectricity
Specialized chemical messenger released by an endocrine gland.
Hormone
The thick muscular layer of the heart.
Myocardium
Specialized WBCs found in high concentrations in lymph.
Lymphocytes