Sensory system

Components of the nervous system involved in processing sensory information about the mechanical forces active on both the body surface and on deeper structures such as muscles ...

sensory system agents

Medical; Health care; Medicine

Drugs that act on neuronal sensory receptors resulting in an increase, decrease, or modification of afferent nerve activity.

sensory system drugs

Medical; Health care; Medicine

Drugs that act on neuronal sensory receptors resulting in an increase, decrease, or modification of afferent nerve activity.

system

Internet; Internet communication

The integration of hardware and software to create a machine, such as a computer, that can perform work. System can refer to a single computer or a system of multiple computers.

medial longitudinal fasciculus

Biology; Neuroscience

Axon tract that carries excitatory projections from the abducens nucleus to the contralateral oculomotor nucleus; important in coordinating conjugate eye movements.

commissures

Biology; Neuroscience

Axon tracts that cross the midline of the brain. See also anterior commissure.

postganglionic axons

Biology; Neuroscience

Axons that link visceral motor neurons in autonomic ganglia to their targets.

climbing fibers

Biology; Neuroscience

Axons that originate in the inferior olive, ascend through the inferior cerebellar peduncle, and make terminal arborizations that invest the dendritic tree of Purkinje cells.

saccades

Biology; Neuroscience

Ballistic, conjugate eye movements that change the point of foveal fixation.

olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs)

Biology; Neuroscience

Bipolar neurons in olfactory epithelium that contain receptors for odorants.

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The peseta was the legal tender in Spain since its approval on October 19th, 1868 until January 1st, 1999, when the euro was introduced. It continued ...