{facial nerve}{}{Cranial nerve VII; sensory fibers transmit impulses associated with the anterior regions of the tongue and motor fibers transmit impulses to muscles of facial expression, tear glands, and salivary glands.}
{facilitated transport}{}{Carrier-mediated process that does not require ATP and moves substances into or out of cells from a high to a low concentration.}
{fascia}{}{Loose areolar connective tissue found beneath the skin [hypodermis] or dense connective tissue that encloses and separates muscles.}
{fasciculus [fasciculi]}{}{Band or bundle of nerve or muscle fibers bound together by connective tissue.}
{fat}{}{Greasy, soft-solid material found in animal tissues and many plants; composed of two types of molecules: glycerol and fatty acids.}
{fatty acid}{}{Building block of a fat molecule.}
{feces}{}{Material expelled from digestive tract during defecation.}
{fertilization}{}{Union of egg cell and sperm cell.}
{fibrocartilage}{}{Supports, protects, and absorbs shock between bony parts of the body.}
{fibrous joints}{}{Bones connected by fibrous tissue with no joint cavity; includes sutures, syndesmoses, and gomphoses.}
{filiform papilla [papillae]}{}{Filament-shaped papilla on the surface of the tongue.}
{first messenger}{}{Chemical that is released from cells and passes to other cells; acts as signal that allows cells to communicate with each other.}
{flagellum [flagella]}{}{Whiplike locomotory organelle of constant structural arrangement consisting of double peripheral microtubules and two single central microtubules.}
{flat bone}{}{Bone that more or less lies in a two-dimensional plane.}
{flexion}{}{To bend at a joint to decrease the angle between two bones.}
{flexor muscle}{}{Muscle that causes a joint to bend to decrease the angle between two bones.}
{foliate papilla [papillae]}{}{Leaf-shaped papilla on the lateral surface of the tongue.}
{foramen magnum}{}{Opening in occipital bone of skull through which spinal cord passes.}
{free nerve ending}{}{Type of sensory receptor in the skin.}
{frontal plane}{}{A plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior portions; also called a coronal plane.}
{fungiform papilla [papillae]}{}{Mushroom-shaped papilla on the surface of the tongue.}