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116 relations: Acetylcholine, Actin, Action potential, Adipose tissue, Adrenaline, Animal embryonic development, Animal locomotion, Aorta, Aponeurosis, Arrector pili muscle, Arteriole, Artery, Atrium (heart), Autonomic nervous system, Bile duct, Bladder, Blood, Blood vessel, Bone, Bronchus, Capillary, Carbon dioxide, Cardiac muscle, Cell nucleus, Cellular respiration, Central nervous system, Cerebral cortex, Ciliary muscle, Circulatory system, Connective tissue, Coronary circulation, Cytoplasm, Density, DNA damage (naturally occurring), DNA damage theory of aging, Embryo, Endocardium, Endocrine system, Endoplasmic reticulum, Epaxial and hypaxial muscles, Erector spinae muscles, Esophagus, Fermentation, Gastrointestinal tract, Glomerulus (kidney), Glycolysis, Greek language, Heart, Histology, Hormone, ... Expand index (66 more) »
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Acetylcholine
Acetylcholine (ACh) is an organic compound that functions in the brain and body of many types of animals (including humans) as a neurotransmitter.
Actin
Actin is a family of globular multi-functional proteins that form microfilaments in the cytoskeleton, and the thin filaments in muscle fibrils.
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Action potential
An action potential occurs when the membrane potential of a specific cell rapidly rises and falls.
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Adipose tissue
Adipose tissue (also known as body fat or simply fat) is a loose connective tissue composed mostly of adipocytes.
Adrenaline
Adrenaline, also known as epinephrine, is a hormone and medication which is involved in regulating visceral functions (e.g., respiration).
Animal embryonic development
In developmental biology, animal embryonic development, also known as animal embryogenesis, is the developmental stage of an animal embryo.
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Animal locomotion
In ethology, animal locomotion is any of a variety of methods that animals use to move from one place to another.
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Aorta
The aorta (aortas or aortae) is the main and largest artery in the human body, originating from the left ventricle of the heart, branching upwards immediately after, and extending down to the abdomen, where it splits at the aortic bifurcation into two smaller arteries (the common iliac arteries).
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Aponeurosis
An aponeurosis (aponeuroses) is a flattened tendon by which muscle attaches to bone or fascia.
Arrector pili muscle
The arrector pili muscles, also known as hair erector muscles, are small muscles attached to hair follicles in mammals.
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Arteriole
An arteriole is a small-diameter blood vessel in the microcirculation that extends and branches out from an artery and leads to capillaries.
Artery
An artery is a blood vessel in humans and most other animals that takes oxygenated blood away from the heart in the systemic circulation to one or more parts of the body.
Atrium (heart)
The atrium (entry hall;: atria) is one of the two upper chambers in the heart that receives blood from the circulatory system.
Autonomic nervous system
The autonomic nervous system (ANS), sometimes called the visceral nervous system and formerly the vegetative nervous system, is a division of the nervous system that operates internal organs, smooth muscle and glands.
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Bile duct
A bile duct is any of a number of long tube-like structures that carry bile, and is present in most vertebrates.
Bladder
The bladder is a hollow organ in humans and other vertebrates that stores urine from the kidneys before disposal by urination.
Blood
Blood is a body fluid in the circulatory system of humans and other vertebrates that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells, and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells.
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Blood vessel
Blood vessels are the structures of the circulatory system that transport blood throughout the human body.
Bone
A bone is a rigid organ that constitutes part of the skeleton in most vertebrate animals.
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Bronchus
A bronchus (bronchi) is a passage or airway in the lower respiratory tract that conducts air into the lungs.
Capillary
A capillary is a small blood vessel, from 5 to 10 micrometres in diameter, and is part of the microcirculation system.
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula.
Cardiac muscle
Cardiac muscle (also called heart muscle or myocardium) is one of three types of vertebrate muscle tissues, with the other two being skeletal muscle and smooth muscle. Muscle and Cardiac muscle are muscle tissue and muscular system.
Cell nucleus
The cell nucleus (nuclei) is a membrane-bound organelle found in eukaryotic cells.
Cellular respiration
Cellular respiration is the process by which biological fuels are oxidized in the presence of an inorganic electron acceptor, such as oxygen, to drive the bulk production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which contains energy.
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Central nervous system
The central nervous system (CNS) is the part of the nervous system consisting primarily of the brain and spinal cord.
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Cerebral cortex
The cerebral cortex, also known as the cerebral mantle, is the outer layer of neural tissue of the cerebrum of the brain in humans and other mammals.
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Ciliary muscle
The ciliary muscle is an intrinsic muscle of the eye formed as a ring of smooth muscleSchachar, Ronald A. (2012). "Anatomy and Physiology." (Chapter 4). in the eye's middle layer, uvea (vascular layer). It controls accommodation for viewing objects at varying distances and regulates the flow of aqueous humor into Schlemm's canal.
Circulatory system
The circulatory system is a system of organs that includes the heart, blood vessels, and blood which is circulated throughout the entire body of a human or other vertebrate.
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Connective tissue
Connective tissue is one of the four primary types of animal tissue, along with epithelial tissue, muscle tissue, and nervous tissue.
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Coronary circulation
Coronary circulation is the circulation of blood in the arteries and veins that supply the heart muscle (myocardium).
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Cytoplasm
In cell biology, the cytoplasm describes all material within a eukaryotic cell, enclosed by the cell membrane, except for the cell nucleus.
Density
Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is a substance's mass per unit of volume.
DNA damage (naturally occurring)
DNA damage is an alteration in the chemical structure of DNA, such as a break in a strand of DNA, a nucleobase missing from the backbone of DNA, or a chemically changed base such as 8-OHdG.
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DNA damage theory of aging
The DNA damage theory of aging proposes that aging is a consequence of unrepaired accumulation of naturally occurring DNA damage.
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Embryo
An embryo is the initial stage of development for a multicellular organism.
Endocardium
The endocardium (endocardia) is the innermost layer of tissue that lines the chambers of the heart.
Endocrine system
The endocrine system is a messenger system in an organism comprising feedback loops of hormones that are released by internal glands directly into the circulatory system and that target and regulate distant organs.
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Endoplasmic reticulum
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a part of a transportation system of the eukaryotic cell, and has many other important functions such as protein folding.
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Epaxial and hypaxial muscles
In adult vertebrates, trunk muscles can be broadly divided into hypaxial muscles, which lie ventral to the horizontal septum of the vertebrae and epaxial muscles, which lie dorsal to the septum. Muscle and epaxial and hypaxial muscles are muscular system.
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Erector spinae muscles
The erector spinae or spinal erectors is a set of muscles that straighten and rotate the back.
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Esophagus
The esophagus (American English) or oesophagus (British English, see spelling differences; both;: (o)esophagi or (o)esophaguses), colloquially known also as the food pipe, food tube, or gullet, is an organ in vertebrates through which food passes, aided by peristaltic contractions, from the pharynx to the stomach.
Fermentation
Fermentation is a metabolic process that produces chemical changes in organic substances through the action of enzymes.
Gastrointestinal tract
The gastrointestinal tract (GI tract, digestive tract, alimentary canal) is the tract or passageway of the digestive system that leads from the mouth to the anus. The GI tract contains all the major organs of the digestive system, in humans and other animals, including the esophagus, stomach, and intestines.
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Glomerulus (kidney)
The glomerulus (glomeruli) is a network of small blood vessels (capillaries) known as a tuft, located at the beginning of a nephron in the kidney.
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Glycolysis
Glycolysis is the metabolic pathway that converts glucose into pyruvate and, in most organisms, occurs in the liquid part of cells (the cytosol).
Greek language
Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.
Heart
The heart is a muscular organ found in most animals. Muscle and heart are muscular system.
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Histology
Histology, also known as microscopic anatomy or microanatomy, is the branch of biology that studies the microscopic anatomy of biological tissues.
Hormone
A hormone (from the Greek participle ὁρμῶν, "setting in motion") is a class of signaling molecules in multicellular organisms that are sent to distant organs or tissues by complex biological processes to regulate physiology and behavior.
Intercalated disc
Intercalated discs or lines of Eberth are microscopic identifying features of cardiac muscle.
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Invertebrate
Invertebrates is an umbrella term describing animals that neither develop nor retain a vertebral column (commonly known as a spine or backbone), which evolved from the notochord.
Iris (anatomy)
The iris (irides or irises) is a thin, annular structure in the eye in most mammals and birds, responsible for controlling the diameter and size of the pupil, and thus the amount of light reaching the retina.
Lactic acid
Lactic acid is an organic acid.
Lateral plate mesoderm
The lateral plate mesoderm is the mesoderm that is found at the periphery of the embryo.
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Lymphatic vessel
The lymphatic vessels (or lymph vessels or lymphatics) are thin-walled vessels (tubes), structured like blood vessels, that carry lymph.
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Mesangial cell
Mesangial cells are specialised cells in the kidney that make up the mesangium of the glomerulus.
Mitochondrion
A mitochondrion is an organelle found in the cells of most eukaryotes, such as animals, plants and fungi.
Motor nerve
A motor nerve, or efferent nerve, is a nerve that contains exclusively efferent nerve fibers and transmits motor signals from the central nervous system (CNS) to the muscles of the body.
Motor unit recruitment
Motor unit recruitment is the activation of additional motor units to accomplish an increase in contractile strength in a muscle.
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Mouse
A mouse (mice) is a small rodent.
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Multinucleate
Multinucleate cells (also known as multinucleated cells or polynuclear cells) are eukaryotic cells that have more than one nucleus, i.e., multiple nuclei share one common cytoplasm.
Muscle cell
A muscle cell, also known as a myocyte, is a mature contractile cell in the muscle of an animal.
Muscle contraction
Muscle contraction is the activation of tension-generating sites within muscle cells. Muscle and muscle contraction are muscular system.
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Myofibril
A myofibril (also known as a muscle fibril or sarcostyle) is a basic rod-like organelle of a muscle cell.
Myogenesis
Myogenesis is the formation of skeletal muscular tissue, particularly during embryonic development. Muscle and Myogenesis are muscular system.
Myoglobin
Myoglobin (symbol Mb or MB) is an iron- and oxygen-binding protein found in the cardiac and skeletal muscle tissue of vertebrates in general and in almost all mammals.
Myometrium
The myometrium is the middle layer of the uterine wall, consisting mainly of uterine smooth muscle cells (also called uterine myocytes) but also of supporting stromal and vascular tissue.
Myosin
Myosins are a superfamily of motor proteins best known for their roles in muscle contraction and in a wide range of other motility processes in eukaryotes.
Myosin ATPase
Myosin ATPase is an enzyme with systematic name ATP phosphohydrolase (actin-translocating).
Nerve
A nerve is an enclosed, cable-like bundle of nerve fibers (called axons) in the peripheral nervous system.
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Nerve plexus
A nerve plexus is a plexus (branching network) of intersecting nerves.
Neuromuscular junction
A neuromuscular junction (or myoneural junction) is a chemical synapse between a motor neuron and a muscle fiber.
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Neurotransmitter
A neurotransmitter is a signaling molecule secreted by a neuron to affect another cell across a synapse.
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Nitric oxide
Nitric oxide (nitrogen oxide or nitrogen monoxide) is a colorless gas with the formula.
Norepinephrine
Norepinephrine (NE), also called noradrenaline (NA) or noradrenalin, is an organic chemical in the catecholamine family that functions in the brain and body as a hormone, neurotransmitter and neuromodulator.
Organ (biology)
In a multicellular organism, an organ is a collection of tissues joined in a structural unit to serve a common function.
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Organ system
An organ system is a biological system consisting of a group of organs that work together to perform one or more functions.
Oxygen
Oxygen is a chemical element; it has symbol O and atomic number 8.
Paraxial mesoderm
Paraxial mesoderm, also known as presomitic or somitic mesoderm, is the area of mesoderm in the neurulating embryo that flanks and forms simultaneously with the neural tube.
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Pericardium
The pericardium (pericardia), also called pericardial sac, is a double-walled sac containing the heart and the roots of the great vessels.
Perimysium
Perimysium is a sheath of dense irregular connective tissue that groups muscle fibers into bundles (anywhere between 10 and 100 or more) or fascicles. Muscle and Perimysium are muscular system.
Proprioception
Proprioception is the sense of self-movement, force, and body position.
Reactive oxygen species
In chemistry and biology, reactive oxygen species (ROS) are highly reactive chemicals formed from diatomic oxygen, water, and hydrogen peroxide.
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Reflex
In biology, a reflex, or reflex action, is an involuntary, unplanned sequence or action and nearly instantaneous response to a stimulus.
Regulation of gene expression
Regulation of gene expression, or gene regulation, includes a wide range of mechanisms that are used by cells to increase or decrease the production of specific gene products (protein or RNA).
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Reproductive system
The reproductive system of an organism, also known as the genital system, is the biological system made up of all the anatomical organs involved in sexual reproduction.
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Respiratory tract
The respiratory tract is the subdivision of the respiratory system involved with the process of conducting air to the alveoli for the purposes of gas exchange in mammals.
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Sarcomere
A sarcomere (Greek σάρξ sarx "flesh", μέρος meros "part") is the smallest functional unit of striated muscle tissue. Muscle and sarcomere are muscular system.
Segmentation (biology)
Segmentation in biology is the division of some animal and plant body plans into a linear series of repetitive segments that may or may not be interconnected to each other.
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Skeletal muscle
Skeletal muscle (commonly referred to as muscle) is one of the three types of vertebrate muscle tissue, the other being cardiac muscle and smooth muscle. Muscle and Skeletal muscle are muscle tissue and muscular system.
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Skeleton
A skeleton is the structural frame that supports the body of most animals.
Skin
Skin is the layer of usually soft, flexible outer tissue covering the body of a vertebrate animal, with three main functions: protection, regulation, and sensation.
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Smooth muscle
Smooth (soft) muscle is one of the three major types of vertebrate muscle tissue, the other being skeletal and cardiac muscle. Muscle and Smooth muscle are muscle tissue and muscular system.
Soft tissue
Soft tissue connects and surrounds or supports internal organs and bones, and includes muscle, tendons, ligaments, fat, fibrous tissue, lymph and blood vessels, fasciae, and synovial membranes.
Somite
The somites (outdated term: primitive segments) are a set of bilaterally paired blocks of paraxial mesoderm that form in the embryonic stage of somitogenesis, along the head-to-tail axis in segmented animals.
Spinal nerve
A spinal nerve is a mixed nerve, which carries motor, sensory, and autonomic signals between the spinal cord and the body.
Stomach
The stomach is a muscular, hollow organ in the upper gastrointestinal tract of humans and many other animals, including several invertebrates.
Striated muscle tissue
Striated muscle tissue is a muscle tissue that features repeating functional units called sarcomeres. Muscle and Striated muscle tissue are muscular system.
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Syncytium
A syncytium (syncytia; from Greek: σύν syn "together" and κύτος kytos "box, i.e. cell") or symplasm is a multinucleate cell that can result from multiple cell fusions of uninuclear cells (i.e., cells with a single nucleus), in contrast to a coenocyte, which can result from multiple nuclear divisions without accompanying cytokinesis.
Systole
Systole is the part of the cardiac cycle during which some chambers of the heart contract after refilling with blood.
Tendon
A tendon or sinew is a tough band of dense fibrous connective tissue that connects muscle to bone.
Tissue (biology)
In biology, tissue is an assembly of similar cells and their extracellular matrix from the same embryonic origin that together carry out a specific function.
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Tropomyosin
Tropomyosin is a two-stranded alpha-helical, coiled coil protein found in many animal and fungal cells. Muscle and Tropomyosin are muscular system.
Troponin
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Tunica media
The tunica media (Neo-Latin "middle coat"), or media for short, is the middle tunica (layer) of an artery or vein.
Urethra
The urethra (urethras or urethrae) is the tube that connects the mammalian urinary bladder to the urinary meatus.
Uterus
The uterus (from Latin uterus,: uteri) or womb is the organ in the reproductive system of most female mammals, including humans, that accommodates the embryonic and fetal development of one or more embryos until birth.
Vascular smooth muscle
Vascular smooth muscle is the type of smooth muscle that makes up most of the walls of blood vessels.
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Vein
Veins are blood vessels in the circulatory system of humans and most other animals that carry blood towards the heart.
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Ventral ramus of spinal nerve
The ventral ramus (rami) (Latin for 'branch') is the anterior division of a spinal nerve.
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Ventricle (heart)
A ventricle is one of two large chambers located toward the bottom of the heart that collect and expel blood towards the peripheral beds within the body and lungs.
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Vertebra
Each vertebra (vertebrae) is an irregular bone with a complex structure composed of bone and some hyaline cartilage, that make up the vertebral column or spine, of vertebrates.
Vertebral column
The vertebral column, also known as the spinal column, spine or backbone, is the core part of the axial skeleton in vertebrate animals.
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Vertebrate
Vertebrates are deuterostomal animals with bony or cartilaginous axial endoskeleton — known as the vertebral column, spine or backbone — around and along the spinal cord, including all fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.
8-Oxo-2'-deoxyguanosine
8-Oxo-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-oxo-dG) is an oxidized derivative of deoxyguanosine.
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See also
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References
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