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A food’s ability to satisfy feelings of hunger.  

The ventromedial region of the hypothalamus. An area in the ventromedial hypothalamus that modulates the stimulus to eat by sending inhibitory impulses, following a meal, to the feeding center, also located in the hypothalamus. Blood levels of nutrients and gastrointestinal hormones influence its activity.  

A split-frame stretcher.  

The itch mite. The cause of scabies.  

The protoplasm of muscles cells. Semiliquid cytoplasm in muscle membrane. Intercellular material of the cell, particularly striated muscle cells. The cytoplasm of muscle cells, especially striated muscle cells.  

The cell membrane of muscle fiber. The cell membrane of a muscle cell. Invaginations called transverse tubules (T-tubules) penetrate the cytoplasm adjacent to the myofibrils and carry the action potential to the interior of the muscle cell. The thin covering that encases each striped muscle fiber.  

The long vein near the inner surface of the thigh. The often tied off in the treatment of varicose veins. One of two veins which take blood from the foot up the leg. Either of two superficial veins of the leg, draining blood from the foot. The long saphenous vein, the longest vein in the…

A commercial preparation of mazindol.  

An area where solid waste products are systematically buried.  

Abounding in blood.