Viscera

viscera
organs within a body cavity
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
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Visceral Pain
The brain can also register pain from stimuli originating in sensory neurons of the autonomic nervous system. This so-called visceral pain is not felt in a discrete location as pain signals transmitted by the sensory-somatic system are.
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visceral mass The region of a mollusc's body that contains visceral organs.
Visceral organs of the thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic cavities.
viscosity the resistance of water molecules to external forces that would separate them ...
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visceral muscle
Smooth muscle found in the walls of the digestive tract, bladder, arteries, and other internal organs.
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visceral - pertaining to the internal organs of the body
visceral arches - see pharyngeal arches.
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visceral peritonium
A thin layer of connective tissue which originated from the mesoderm. It lines the internal organs, as opposed to the abdominal cavity.
Covered in Lab 15 Rat Muscular and Digestive Systems ...
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a visceral mass containing internal organs, including the digestive tract, paired kidneys, and reproductive organs.
a mantle that surrounds but does not cover entirely the visceral mass and secretes a shell (if one is present).
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AKA: visceral arches
columns of mesenchyme found in the neck of the developing vertebrate embryo derived from cranial neural crest.
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Bowman's capsule (also called the glomerular capsule) surrounds the glomerulus and is composed of visceral (simple squamous epithelial cells) (inner) and parietal (simple squamous epithelial cells) (outer) layers.
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Apart from a patch where it connects to the diaphragm, the liver is covered entirely by visceral peritoneum, a thin, double-layered membrane that reduces friction against other organs.
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[Gr. splanchnon - entrails, viscera]. The cell layer on the internal side of the coelom; formed by the delamination of lateral plate mesoderm. Later forms the heart, part of the circulatory system and many other structures.
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splanchnopleure [Gr. splanchnon - entrails, viscera; Gr. pleura - the side]. The cellular layer consisting of splanchnic mesoderm and endoderm. It will later form part of the body wall in the embryo as well as the yolk sac and allantois.
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So intricate is the human body that only a small number of professional human anatomists, after years of patient observation, are complete masters of all its details; most of them specialize on certain parts, such as the brain or viscera, ...
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AutonomicNS the functional part of the NS which controls visceral and cardiac muscles; includes sympathetic and parasympathetic NS
(auto = self; nomos = law; autonomos = independent self-governing) ...
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