Skeletal muscle (commonly referred to as muscle) is one of the three types of vertebrate muscle tissue, the other being cardiac muscle and smooth muscle. They...
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two layers of muscles—a thin outer layer of circular muscle, and a much thicker inner layer of longitudinal muscle. Interior to the muscle layer is a fluid-filled...
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the preputial artery, a division of the axial and dorsal artery of the penis. The axial and dorsal arteries that run within the penile skin unite through...
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longer than pectoral fins, with about 14–17 rays. The anterior portion of a dorsal fin (with about 50–55 rays) is greatly elongated, also in a falcate profile...
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narrow base of the tail. It has large pectoral and first dorsal fins, tiny pelvic, second dorsal, and anal fins, and a crescent-shaped caudal fin. The most...
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fifth dorsal (back) vertebra, where the sideward- and upward-directed vertebral processes were longer, providing additional surface for neck muscle attachment...
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systemic circulation. The muscles of an iguana are very light in color due to the high proportion of fast-twitch, glycolytic muscle fibers (type A). These...
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of the amygdala, mammillary bodies, stria medullaris, central gray and dorsal and ventral nuclei of Gudden. This processed information is often relayed...
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Trilobite (section Dorsal sutures)
some trilobites, dorsal sutures may be secondarily lost. Several exemplary time series of species show the "migration" of the dorsal suture until it coincides...
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Brotula multibarbata. Their intracranial joint and associated basicranial muscle likely play an important but unresolved role in feeding. Some individuals...
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Fibromyalgia (section Low ATP in skeletal muscle)
'fibrous tissues', Greek μυο- myo-, 'muscle', and Greek άλγος algos, 'pain'; thus, the term literally means "'muscle and fibrous connective tissue pain'...
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Scipionyx (section Muscle tissue)
Musculus sternotrachealis. Between the sixth and seventh dorsal vertebra a patch of muscle fibres is visible belonging to either the Musculus transversospinalis...
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Zebra mussel (redirect from Zebra muscles)
clumps' of zebra mussels at Grand Beach". CBC News. Retrieved 2017-06-06. "Michigan-made pesticide Zequanox adds muscle to war on zebra mussels". 28...
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this terrifying carnivore, revealing a 53-foot-long behemoth with a huge dorsal sail, enormous, scimitar-like claws, and massive jaws tapered toward the...
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mandibles, predentary, dorsal vertebrae, dorsosacral vertebrae, sacral vertebrae, caudosacral vertebra, caudal vertebrae, dorsal ribs, a complete tail...
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high-latitude areas outside the Mediterranean. Frontal auxiliary impressions (muscle scars on the glabella) are described in Mesolenellus hyperboreus from Cambrian...
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sleep Latin dormire dormant, dormitory dors- back Latin dorsum disendorse, dorsal, dorsiferous, dorsiflexion, dorsiflexor, dorsigrade, dorsiventral, dorsum...
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respiration, since many of these muscles have attachment points in conjunction with their forelimbs (indeed, many of the muscles expand into the limb pockets...
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Charles Scott Sherrington (category Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire)
distribution of the spinal dorsal and ventral roots, he mapped the sensory dermatomes, and in 1892 discovered that muscle spindles initiated the stretch...
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which she has failed all her classes, Alex is fooled, and gets sent to Dorsal Academy in England. But the new boarding school is rather bizarre with students...
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off the inferior anal nerves and divides into the perineal nerve and the dorsal nerve of the clitoris. The G-spot area, which is considered to be interconnected...
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include a crushed presacral centrum, several caudal vertebrae, a right-side dorsal rib, a large scapula, and two partial sternal plates. The adult specimen...
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Studies have shown that the males possess specific structures on their dorsal wings that engage in the production and eventual release of chemical pheromones...
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caudal third instead of a dorsal fin. The largest ridge was called the 'hump' by whalers, and can be mistaken for a dorsal fin because of its shape and...
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largest mosasaurs. The skull of Mosasaurus had robust jaws and strong muscles capable of powerful bites using dozens of large teeth adapted for cutting...
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Lythronax (category Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument)
dentary, the left splenial, the left surangular, the left prearticular, a dorsal rib, a caudal chevron, both pubic bones, the left tibia and fibula, and...
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rather flat features, centered around a low skull and a long, straight dorsal profile. The skull itself was rather disproportionate, consisting of an...
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through a total shed lasting about 2 weeks before depositing their eggs. The dorsal part is often shed in one large piece. Adult males normally shed in smaller...
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the scales on the back. Argyrosomus hololepidotus has 11 spines in its dorsal fin with 10 in front of the incision which almost divides that fin and 1...
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is primarily made of 50–60 bones and consists of two parts: the domed, dorsal (back) carapace and the flatter, ventral (belly) plastron. They are connected...
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