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Study Stack 1
Week 1-6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Afferent | Conducting or conducted inward or toward something (for nerves the central nervous system; for blood vessels, the organ supplied). |
| Denature | Process modifying the molecular structure of a protein. |
| Catalyst | A substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without itself undergoing any permanent chemical change. |
| Anaphase | The stage of meiotic or mitotic cell division in which the chromosomes move away from one another to opposite poles of the spindle. |
| Elastin | A protein forming the main constituent of elastic connective tissue, found especially in the dermis of the skin. |
| Avascular | Characterized by or associated with a lack of blood vessels. |
| Cerumen | Technical term for earwax. |
| Bone Matrix | The intercellular substance of bone tissue consisting of collagen fibers, ground substance and inorganic bone salts. |
| Coccyx | A small triangular bone at the base of the spinal column in humans and some apes, formed of fused vestigial vertebrae. |
| Carpal Bone | Bones of the wrist that connect the distal aspects of the radial and ulnar bones of the forearm of the bases of the five metacarpal bones of the hand. |
| Abduction | The movement of a limb away from the midline of the body. |