Glossary M
Glossary M
Microtheory refers to the theory aimed at understanding social life at the intimate level of individuals and their interactions. An example of Microtheory is when examining how the play behavior of girls differs from that of boys By contrast, please see Macrotheory.
Midbrain is defined as the middle part of the brain, including superior colliculus, inferior colliculus, tectum, and tegmentum. Midbrain is the part of the brain that contains structures which are involved in relaying information between other brain regions, or in regulating levels of alertness.
Middle adolescence refers to a period dominated by the goal of achieving competency, mastery, or control, and the conflict of independence versus dependence
Middle cerebral artery is artery resulting from half of the division of an internal carotid artery which supplies the lateral hemisphere and most of the basal ganglia of its corresponding cerebral hemisphere.
Middle ear refers to the small air-filled space between the auditory canal and the cochlea that contains the ossicles.
- Middle-ear deafness (Conductive deafness) : Middle-ear deafness also known as Conductive deafness refers to hearing loss that occurs if the bones of the middle ear fail to transmit sound waves properly to the cochlea
Middle-ear muscles are muscles attached to the ossicles in the Middle ear. The smallest skeletal muscles in the body, they contract in response to very intense sounds and dampen the vibration of the ossicles.