Nerves

nerves controlling the caliber of the arteries by the contraction and expansion of muscles in their walls
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby
What Topic Is Your BIOLOGY Paper On?
Full article >>>

The vagus nerves are part of the parasympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system. They, too, run from the medulla oblongata to the heart. Their activity slows the heartbeat.
Full article >>>

Nerves: The nerves are the terminal branches of the right and left urethra and other parts, the former being distributed upon the back, and the latter upon the front part of the organ.
Full article >>>

nerves Bundles of neuronal processes enclosed in connective tissue that carry signals to and from the central nervous system. PICTURE ...
Full article >>>

Nerves that control skeletal muscles in mammals correspond with neuron groups along the primary motor area of the brain's cerebral cortex.
Full article >>>

nerves: bundles of axons bound together.
neuroglia: the glial cells together with the extracellular tissue.
neuron: a nerve cell.
Full article >>>

Pertaining to nerves that release the neurotransmitter norepinephrine/noradrenaline (e.g. adrenergic nerves, adrenergic response). An alternative U.S. useage also pertains to the receptors acted upon by noradrenaline, i.e. adrenergic receptors.
Full article >>>

Charcot-Marie Tooth disease -- a condition characterized by degeneration of the motor and sensory nerves that control movement and feeling in the arm below the elbow and the leg below the knee; transmitted in autosomal dominant, ...
Full article >>>

Carrying away from a center, applied to nerves and blood vessels.
egg
A female gamete, which usually contains abundant cytoplasm and yolk; nonmotile and often larger than a male gamete.
Full article >>>

An inherited progressive disorder in which tumors form on peripheral nerves. The tumors can be severely disfiguring and can also result in loss of hearing and vision, cancer, epilepsy, bone deformities, and learning disabilities.
explained: ...
Full article >>>

peripheral nervous system The nerves and ganglia of the nervous system that lie outside of the brain and spinal cord.
peripheral protein A protein on the surface of a biological membrane.
Full article >>>

Each anatomical article contains first a description of the structures of an organ or system (such as nerves, arteries, heart, and so forth), as it is found in humans; ...
Full article >>>

sciatic nerve
composed of spinal nerves VII, VIII, IX united to send impulses to the hind leg.
sciatic plexus
the uniting of spinal nerves VII, VIII, IX to form the sciatic nerve to the hind leg.
Full article >>>

nerve cord -- Primary bundle of nerves in chordates, which connects the brain to the major muscles and organs of the body.
Full article >>>

OpticChiasma the place where the optic nerves cross to the other side of the brain
(opti = the eye; chiasm = cross)
Organelle the "body parts" within a cell
(organum = an instrument implement engine; -elle = small) ...
Full article >>>

[Clopton Havers, British physician and anatomist, 1650-1702] The basic structural arrangement of compact bone consisting of: a Haversian canal which contains nerves and blood supply, ...
Full article >>>

[We] don't know the answers to that question, and that means that we don't really understand the root cause of the disease. We know what happens. We know the blood sugar goes up. We know the nerves get damaged, the blood vessels, ...
Full article >>>

Progressive degeneration of nerves and muscles is demonstrated by motor problems, wasting and premature death. Tau is hyperphosphorylated but there is no formation of filaments or neurofibrillary tangles.
Full article >>>


'"/>