Specialization of function in one hemisphere of the cerebral cortex or the other.

The part of the forebrain involved in receiving and integrating olfactory impulses; connects to the limbic system and emotions.

An increase in the difference in charge across the plasma membrane (membrane potential).

Hormone released by the thyroid, which lowers blood calcium levels only when present at high levels.

Decreased density and strength of bone resulting from a gradual decrease in rate of bone fracture.

The ability to recoil to resting length.

Clusters of nerve cell bodies in the CNS.

Microscopic rods of protein filaments that make up muscle cells.

Involuntary nervous system in which visceral motor nerve fibers conduct impulses from the CNS to involuntary effector tissues regulating smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and glands.

System of interconnecting canals in the microscopic structure of adult compact bone, functional unit of compact bone.