Term

Cardiac muscle cells generating electrical impulses without nervous system input.

Definition

automaticity

Term

The renal tubule (PCT, loop of Henle, DCT, and collecting duct pathway) carries filtrate away from the glomerulus and performs reabsorption and secretion to adjust the filtrate into urine

Definition

renal tubule

Term

DNA wrapped around proteins (histones) and appears as thin, threadlike material when the cell is not dividing. During cell division, chromatin condenses to form chromosomes

Definition

chromatin