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Human Physiology Week 1-6
Term | Definition |
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Heart Rate Variability (HRV) | a measure of how frequently the rate of the heart’s beating changes over time; an abnormally low HRV is associated with dysfunction or disease of the body’s regulatory mechanisms |
Hydrophilic | adjective describing a particle or substance that is attracted to water |
Electron transport system (ETS) | carrier molecules embedded in the inner mem-brane of the mitochondria that take high-energy electrons from the citric acid cycle and form water and energy for oxidative phosphorylation; also called electron trans-port chain (ETC) |
Interphase | mitotic phase immediately before visible condensation of the chromosomes during which the DNA of each chromosome replicates itself [ |
Interstitial fluid (IF) | fluid located in microscopic spaces between cells |
Fibrocartilage | cartilage with the greatest number of collagenous fibers; strongest and most durable type of cartilage |
Fontanel | “soft spot” where ossification in the cranium is incomplete at birth |
False pelvis | structure above the pelvic inlet |
Cruciate ligament | either of two crossed ligaments inside the knee joint cavity that connect the tibia to the femur; the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) |
contractility | ability, as of muscle cell, to contract or shorten to produce movement |