Tuesday, 7 May 2024, 10:46 PM
Site: VetLogic - E Learning and training for Vet Nurses
Course: VetLogic - E Learning and training for Vet Nurses (VetLogic)
Glossary: Glossary with audio assistance
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Somatic motor nervenerve fibres that carry impulses from the central nervous system to a somatic structure |
Somatic sensory nervenerve fibres that carry impulses from a somatic structure to the central nervous system |
Somatic structuresstructures that lie in the skin and the musculoskeletal system |
Special sense organsorgans that have evolved to house the exteroreceptors of the body |
Sphinctermuscular ring that controls flow in and out of an organ |
Spinal nervesany of the pairs of nerves that arise from the spinal cord |
Stable tissuesRepair by regeneration is sometimes possible. |
Steatorrhoeathe presence of excess fat in faeces |
Stercobolinbile pigment found in faeces and responsible for the characteristic colour of faeces |
Sterilisationthe destruction of all microorganisms and their spores |