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The Nervous System Of The Cell?

a: Cytoskeleton ~
b: a micro myofascial system

What:

The famous neuroscientist C.S. Sherrington observed the cytoskeleton may act as the nervous system of
single cell organisms. Synaptic connections are formed and regulated by cytoskeletal polymers,including microtubules.

Penrose and Hameroff speculated that the cytoskeleton is like a micro myofascial system, within each cell. This micro myofascial system is made up of a skeleton of tubules filled with fluid and surrounded and interconnected from cell to cell by a viscous ground substance


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Writer: John F. Barnes, PT
LCC:
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Date: Dec 28 2013 8:56 PM



a: xanthophyll ~
b: light funnel

What:


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Writer: Lucrezia
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Jan 14 2015 6:26 PM



a: small intestine ~
b: a plush carpet

What:

"Normally, your small intestine is like a plush carpet lined with finger-like villi that absorb crucial nutrients from food. When you have Celiac disease, those villi flatten out and the intestinal carpet looks more like a hardwood floor; and you can no longer absorb nutrients properly."


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Writer: Not Stated
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Where:
Date: Jan 26 2015 7:34 PM



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