Chapter 10, Problem 12TYR

Summary Introduction

To fill:

The correct term in the given blank.

Introduction:

Skeletal muscle contracts when it is stimulated by a nerve. Skeletal muscles are innervated by motor neurons. The cell bodies of these neurons lie in the brainstem and spinal cord and their axons lead to the skeletal muscles. Any point where a nerve fiber meets and stimulates another cell is called a synapse. The other cell can be another neuron, a gland cell, a muscle cell, or other type of cell.