The reproductive cell produced by the testis.
Specific Compression
Massage Technique in which pressure is applied to a specific muscle, tendon or connective tissue in a direction perpendicular to the tissue in question.
Spastic
Increased muscle tone.
Somatostatin
Hormone secreted by the pancreas that regulates secretions by the islets of Langerhans.
Somatomedin
Growth factor produced by the liver and other tissues the interacts with growth hormone.
Somatic Nervous System
The part of the nervous sustem that innervates skeletal muscle.
Somatic Cells
Includes all cells of the body except ova and sperm.
Somatic Afferent
Neuron that takes impulses to the central nervous system from the skeletal muscle.