Miscarriages, 466, 483
Mitochondrial electrochemical gradient,
109, 119
Mitral valve, 470, 485
Molecular filtering, 155
Monocyte, 269
Mononucleosis, 506, 525
Monozygotic twins, 79, 93
Motor pathways, high-yield facts
about, 41
Mucosal region, 536, 550
Mucus, 290, 296, 321, 334
Multiple myeloma, 211
Muscle, 217–227
high-yield facts about, 22
Muscle contraction, 217, 221
Muscle relaxants, 424
Muscular dystrophy, 218, 225
Myasthenia gravis, 249
Myelination, 230, 241
Myeloblast, 252, 261
Myocardial infarction, 475
Myofibrils, 226
Myometrium, 370
N
Na+, 245, 316, 332
Na+,K+-ATPase, 156, 165
Na+channels, 229, 232, 240, 397, 401
Navicular bone, 580, 600
Neck, 409–458
development, high-yield facts about, 6
high-yield facts about, 61–70
Nerve conduction velocity, 256
Nervous system, 229–250
high-yield facts about, 23
Neural crest, 235, 247
Neural crest cells, 412, 439
Neural pathways, high-yield facts about,
39–42
Neural tube, development of, 420, 446
Neural tube defect (NTD), 154, 163
Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses, 119
Neurotransmitter, 399, 405
Neurotransmitter reuptake, 237, 248
Neutrophil, 268
Neutrophilic infiltration, 289, 295
Nexin, 159, 167
Nidogen, 173, 183
Night blindness, 113
N-linked glycosylation, 110, 119
Nociceptive nerves, 471
Nodes of Ranvier, 232, 245
Nongastrulated epiblast, 75, 85
Nosebleeds, 411, 438
Nuclear architecture, 144, 151
Nucleus, 139–152
high-yield facts about, 16
Nucleus ambiguus, 416, 443O
Obturator artery, 540, 553
Occipital sinus, 411, 438
Olfactory epithelium, 298
Oligodendrocytes, 238, 249
Omental bursa, 499, 500, 519, 520
Oogonia, 73, 83
Ophthalmic vein, 411
Orbital fissure, 410, 437
Organelles, high-yield facts about, 15
Organogenesis, 84
Ossification, 193, 205
Osteoarthritis, 202, 213
Osteoclasts, apoptosis of, 203, 214
Osteomalacia, 200, 211
Osteoporosis, 200, 211, 214
Osteosarcoma, 204, 214
Ovarian neurovascular bundle,
543, 556
Oxidative demethylation, 109, 118P
Pachytene, 143, 150
Pacinian corpuscle, 303, 308
Paget’s disease, 199, 210
Pain, referred, 322, 335
Palatoglossus, 420, 446
Palatopharyngeus, 420, 446
Pancoast tumor, 480
Pancreas, splenic artery and, 510, 526614 Index