Across
- 3. carrying impulses away from a central structure. nerves leaving the central nervous system are efferent nerves
- 6. building blocks of protein
- 7. a group of skeletal muscle fibers that are innervated by a single motor nerve
- 10. the transfer of heat from a high temperature to a low temperature between two objects that are touching each other
- 12. 1/1,000,000 of a meter
- 13. an organ located within the muscular tissue that detects the rate and magnitude of a muscle contraction
- 14. introduction of medication to the subcutaneous tissues through unbroken skin
Down
- 1. to continue; transmit
- 2. requiring the presence of oxygen
- 4. able to survive in the absence of oxygen
- 5. a classification of therapeutic modality that uses high-frequency electrical energy to heat subcutaneous tissues
- 7. the sum of physical and chemical reactions taking place within the body
- 8. a nerve that provides impulses to muscles
- 9. carrying impulses toward a central structure, for example, the brain or spinal cord
- 11. a force that disrupts the normal homeostasis of a system