In vertebrates, skeletal muscle contractions are neurogenic as they require synaptic input from motor neurons to produce muscle contractions. A single motor neuron is able to innervate multiple muscle fibers, thereby causing the fibers to contract at the same time.
periostitis. n. 1. (Anatomy) inflammation of the periosteum.
The word part that completes the medical term meaning cancerous tumor of the bone, _________/o/sarcoma, is: oste. The inflammation of many muscles is a condition called: polymyositis. The word part that completes the medical term meaning inflammation of the vertebral joints, __________/arthr/itis, is: