Category: M

An increase in the monocytes in the blood.  

The processes related to the acquisition and retention of skills associated with movement. They are influenced by practice, experience, and memory.  

The outermost layer of the cerebral or cerebellar cortex.  

Laryngitis characterized by inflammation of the larynx, with the formation of a false, non-diphtheritic membrane.  

An enzyme in smooth muscle cells that catalyzes the transfer of a phosphate group from adenosine triphosphate to myosin, which initiates contraction.  

A kidney that is not firmly attached owing to lack of support of fatty tissue and perinephric fascia.  

A congenital condition characterized by the presence — seen best during urography — of spongy or porous appearing renal collecting tubules. The disease may be asymptomatic or may cause urinary bleeding, stone formation with renal colic, or recurrent urinary tract infections.  

The axon terminal of a motor neuron, synaptic cleft, and sarcolemma of a muscle cell. The point where a nerve ends in a muscle. Also known as the neuromyal junction.  

The junction be tween the skin and a mucous membrane.  

A slightly movable or freely movable joint, amphiarthrosis and diarthrosis, respectively.