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Trans

...ent and feeling in the arm below the elbow and the leg below the knee; trans mitted in autosomal dominant , ... Full article >>> passive trans port Trans port of a molecule across a membrane down a concentration gradient which does not require the input of energy. -pathy disease ...

Tibia

tibia larger inner bone of lower leg of vertebrates ; in an insect leg, the part betwe...2;> tibia Podomere of an insect or acarine leg that articulates proximal ly with the femur in insects and patella in acarines and distal ly wit...

Sciatic nerve

...ry of " animal electricity," Luigi Galvani made a leg of a dead frog kick as in life by touching a sciatic nerve with his scalpel, to which he had inadvertently trans ferred a negative, static-electric charge, ... Full article >>>...

Reflex arc

...nd then a motor nerve cell ; contr action of the leg occurs, ... Full article >>>...

Primary root

... strawberry plant . proleg. A fleshy, unsegmented leg of caterpillars. propagules. Any part of a plant from which a new plant can grow, including seeds, bulbs, roots tocks, etc. Full article >>> primary root The first root of the plant . It develops in continuation from the root t...

Nerves

...ent and feeling in the arm below the elbow and the leg below the knee; trans mitted in autosomal dominant , ... Full article >>> Carrying away from a center, applied to nerves and blood vessels . egg A female gamete , which usually contains abundant cytoplasm and yolk ; nonmotil...

Limb

...an animal that is used for locomotion, such as a leg or wing. Full article >>> Ascending limb Unlike the descending limb , the ascending limb of Henle's loop is impermeable to water, a critical feature of the countercurrent exchange mechanism employed by the loop. Full article >...

Gastrin

...alf muscle (gastro = stomach ; cnemi = legging leg armor part of leg between knee and ankle) ... Full article >>> Other than gastrin , these hormones a...

Fibula

fibula outer, smaller bone of lower leg Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology ,...ticle >>> fibula fibul = buckle. A leg bone. fiddlehead The curled fern frond prior to unrolling and elongation; also known as a crozier....

Femur

...ur thigh bone or the third segment of an insect leg from the proximal (near) end Source: Noland, Geo...2;> femur Podomere of an insect or acarine leg fixed to the trochanter proximal ly and articulating with the tibia distal ly in insects and wit...

Crustacea

... crustacea ns, for instance, the inner branch of a leg is used for walking, while the outer branch may be paddle-shaped or feathery and often functions as a gill. Contrast with uniramous. Full article >>> Euphausiid. Member of an order of holoplanktonic crustacea Eutrophic. Water bodie...