involuntary nervous system
31Extrapyramidal system — Infobox Brain Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Medulla spinalis. (Extrapyramidal tracts are labeled 2 in red, at left.) Caption2 = IsPartOf = Components = Artery = Vein = BrainInfoType = ancil BrainInfoNumber = 623… …
32Gaskell , Walter Holbrook — (1847–1914) British physiologist Gaskell, a lawyer s son, was born at Naples in Italy and graduated in mathematics from Cambridge University in 1869. He then studied medicine at University College Hospital, London, but returned to Cambridge to… …
33division — A separating into two or more parts. SEE ALSO: ramus. SYN: divisio. anterior primary d. SYN: anterior ramus of spinal nerve. anterior divisions of (trunks of) brachial plexus [TA] portion of the …
34speech — /speech/, n. 1. the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one s thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture: Losing her speech made her feel isolated from humanity. 2. the act of speaking: He expresses… …
35ANS — Autonomic nervous system. The part of the nervous system that controls muscles of internal organs (such as the heart, blood vessels, lungs, stomach, and intestines) and glands (such as salivary glands and sweat glands). One part of the ANS helps… …
36Barbara Brown (scientist) — Barbara B. Brown (died 1999) was a research psychologist who popularized biofeedback and neurofeedback in the 1970s. Brown was the biofeedback field s most prolific writer and most successful popularizer. [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0060105445]… …
37Nav1.7 — Sodium channel, voltage gated, type IX, alpha subunit PDB rendering based on 1byy …
38Beta blocker — A class of drugs that block beta adrenergic substances such as adrenaline (epinephrine), a key agent in the sympathetic portion of the autonomic (involuntary) nervous system. By blocking the action of the sympathetic nervous system on the heart,… …
39Eva Feldman — Eva L. Feldman (b. New York City) is the Russell N. DeJong Professor of Neurology at the University of Michigan School of Medicine and also one of its foremost biomedical investigators. She received an undergraduate degree in Biology and… …
40Arrectores pilorum — Tiny muscles that act as the hair erector muscles. The arrectores pilorum play a key role in goose bumps, a temporary local change in the skin The chain of events leading to this skin change starts with a stimulus such as cold or fear. That… …
