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The Nervous System

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MOLECULES THAT HAVE THREE PROTEIN SUBUNITS AND ARE ATTACHED TO ACTIN.
SEQUENCE OF ELECTRICAL CHANGES WHEN A NERVE CELL MEMBRANE IS EXPOSED TO A STIMULUS THAT EXCEEDS THRESHOLD.
CELL MEMBRANE OF A MUSCLE FIBER.
TIME BETWEEN STIMULUS AND RESPONDING CONTRACTION.
TENDONS ATTACH MUSCLES TO BONES, _______ ATTACH MUSCLES TO OTHER MUSCLES OR TO BONE.
AIDS MOVEMENT OF MATERIAL THROUGH HOLLOW ORGANS.
THE SYNAPSE WHERE A MOTOR NEURON AXON AND A SKELETAL MUSCLE FIBER MEET.
MINIMAL STIMULUS NEEDED TO ELICIT A MUSCULAR CONTRACTION.
CORDLIKE OR BANDLIKE MASS OF DENSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE THAT CONNECTS A MUSCLE TO A BONE.
CONNECTIVE TISSUE THAT COVERS EACH SKELETAL MUSCLE.
SHORT MUSCLE WHOSE FIBERS RUN FROM THE ULNA AND THE LATERAL END OF THE HUMERUS TO THE RADIUS.
THICK, TRIANGULAR MUSCLE THAT COVERS THE SHOULDER JOINT.
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NERVE FIBER THAT CONDUCTS NERVE IMPULSES AWAY FROM THE NEURON CELL BODY.
CHEMICAL THAT AXON END SECRETES TO CONTROL ANOTHER NEURON OR AN EFFECTOR.
COMPOSED OF SHEETS OF SPINDLE-SHAPED CELLS HELD IN CLOSE CONTACT BY GAP JUNCTIONS.
LAYER OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE THAT CLOSELY SURROUNDS A SKELETAL MUSCLE
SEPARATES THE MEMBRANE OF THE NEURON AND THE MEMBRANE OF THE MUSCLE FIBER.
FINE, CYTOPLASMIC THREADS THAT EXTEND FROM THE CELL BODY INTO THE PROCESSES OF NERVES.
SMOOTH MUSCLES CARRY OUT THIS PROCESS.
CONTRACTILE RESPONSE OF A SINGLE MUSCLE FIBER TO A SINGLE IMPULSE.
TYPE OF NEUROGLIA THAT SURROUNDS AN AXON OF A PERIPHERAL NEURON,FORMING THE NEURILEMMA AND MYELIN.
FUNCTIONAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE AXON OF ONE NEURON AND THE DENDRITE OR CELL BODY OF ANOTHER NEURON OR THE MEMBRANE OF ANOTHER CELL TYPE.
NERVE FIBER THAT TRANSMITS IMPULSES TOWARD THE CELL BODY.
NEUROTRANSMITTER THAT MOTOR NEURONS USE TO CONTROL SKELETAL MUSCLE CONTRACTION