Microbones
Another name for cancellous bone.
What is spongy?
Another name for a neuron cell body.
What is the soma?
A pool of blood that collects at the site of a fracture.
What is a hematoma?
The receptor type for gustation.
What are chemoreceptors?
Neuromuscular junctions link muscle cells to these nerve endings from motor neurons.
What are motor end plates?
Concentric rings of dense bone cells and secretions typical of compact bone.
What are osteons or Haversian Systems?
The point of no return (~55mV) in an action potential.
What is threshold?
Fluid-filled sacs that cushion joints.
What are bursa?
The somatosensory cortex is part of this cerebrum lobe.
What is the parietal lobe?
The cells of this involuntary muscle tissue contain a single nucleus and striations.
What is cardiac muscle?
This fatty material is found in the medullary cavity of long bones.
What is yellow marrow?
Gaps along an axon between myelin.
What are Nodes of Ranvier?
This bone shape includes hyoid, vertebrae, and the zygomatic.
What is irregular?
This fluid fills the central canal of the spinal cord and the spaces between the meninges.
What is cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)?
The functional unit of muscle contraction extending from one Z band to another.
What is a sarcomere?
Cells responsible for breaking down bone matrix with acid.
What are osteoclasts?
The part of an action potential between the peak and eventual recovery.
What is repolarization?
The name for the fibrocartilage that forms during repair of a fracture.
What is a soft callus?
The part of the hindbrain (brain stem) that connects to the spinal cord (two words).
What is the medulla oblongata?
This skeletal muscle is found on the dorsal side of the upper arm.
What is the triceps?
The dense connective tissue surrounding compact bone.
What is the periosteum?
Refers to the rapid jumping of a nerve impulse down the length of an axon (two words).
What is saltatory conduction?
The type of synovial joint between the atlas and the axis.
What is a pivot joint?
This refers to the ability of nociceptors to respond to multiple types of energy.
What is polymodal?
This muscle myofibril contains small heads that flex during contraction.
What is myosin?