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- 2. Muscle The specialized striated muscle tissue of the heart; the myocardium
- 4. Symmetry Symmetry in which the sides exhibit correspondence or regularity of parts around a central axis; lacking left and right sides
- 5. Cartilage or bone internally supporting body
- 8. Muscle A muscle that is connected to the skeleton to form part of the mechanical system that moves the limbs and other parts of the body.
- 9. Nervous System The nervous system outside the brain and spinal cord.
- 15. Nervous System The complex of nerve tissues that controls the activities of the body.
- 16. Voluntary, of or relating to the body, distinct from the mind.
- 17. The matrix of water, salts, proteins and glucose that blood cells are suspended in is called the
- 18. A fibrous protein that forms (together with actin) the contractile filaments of muscle cells and is also involved in motion in other types of cells.
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- 1. Pressurized fluid-filled compartment
- 3. Lack or absence of symmetry in spatial arrangements or in mathematical or logical relations.
- 5. Hard exterior covering flesh
- 6. Clot A group of clotting factors in the blood work together to make a patch called a _____ _____. The _____ _____ keeps the platelet plug in place and expands to seal the hole in the blood vessel and stop the bleeding.
- 7. junction Junction A specialized connection between cells that allows for intercellular communication, or the transfer of low molecular-weight substances
- 10. The component of blood responsible for creating blood clots
- 11. Involuntary or unconscious; relating to the autonomic nervous system.
- 12. Muscle Muscle tissue in which the contractile fibrils are not highly ordered, occurring in the gut and other internal organs and not under voluntary control.
- 13. Potential The change in electrical potential associated with the passage of an impulse along the membrane of a muscle cell or nerve cell.
- 14. A protein that forms (together with myosin) the contractile filaments of muscle cells, and is also involved in motion in other types of cells.