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Julianna Padilla
Anatomy 6-13
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Muscle of mastication | This muscle is responsible for chewing movements. |
| Tonicity/ Muscle tone | tension / low level of sustained contraction maintained by all skeletal muscles. |
| Somatic nervous system (SNS) | regulates the somatic effectors. Skeletal muscles |
| Diencephalon | between brain. between the cerebrum and midbrain |
| Mixed Cranial nerves | contain axons of sensory and motor neurons |
| Cervcial Plexus | Found deep within the neck |
| Collateral Ganglia | also prevertebral ganglia. Pairs of sympathetic ganglia, close to spinal cord |
| Thrombopoiesis | Formation of platelets |
| Myocardial Infarction | Death of ischemic heart muscle cells |
| Peripheral Resistance | blood flow imposed by the force of fiction between blood and the walls of its vessels. |