the junction between a nerve fiber and the muscle it supplies
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the local voltage change across the cell wall as a nerve impulse is transmitted
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the junction between a nerve fiber and the muscle it supplies
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Neuroscience biology, Medical physiology.the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle; "nerve impulses cross a synapse through the acti…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Neuroscience biology, Medical physiology.(physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Medical physiology.(physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Medical physiology.(physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Medical physiology.long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Neuroscience biology.long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Neuroscience biology.short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Neuroscience biology.a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Neuroscience biology.a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike stru…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Neuroscience biology.a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Neuroscience biology.a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Neuroscience biology.(biology, chemistry) diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a place of higher concentration to a place of lower…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Medical physiology.a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike stru…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Neuroscience biology.a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Medical physiology.a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Biology, Medical physiology.movement through a circuit; especially the movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels
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The mechanical contrivance by means of which the impulse of the player's finger is transmitted to the strings of a pianoforte or to th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: local, voltage, change, across, cell.Bent of mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affect…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: local, voltage, change, across, cell.(neurophysiology) a nerve impulse resulting from a weak stimulus is just as strong as a nerve impulse resulting from a strong stimulus
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: local, voltage, change, across, cell.A wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a sluice gate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on both sides of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: local, voltage, change, across, cell.The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: local, voltage, change, across, cell.T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: local, voltage, change, across, cell.T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: local, voltage, change, across, cell.a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: local, voltage, change, across, cell.A spiritual and moral change attending a change of belief with conviction; a change of heart; a change from the service of the world t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: local, voltage, change, across, cell.A nucleated cell having an envelope or cell wall, as a red blood corpuscle or an epithelial cell; a cell concerned in growth.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: local, voltage, change, across, cell.a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: local, voltage, change, across, cell.T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: local, voltage, change, across, cell.
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