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occipital condyle
occipital condyle A single or paired bony knob that protrudes from the occipital bone of the skull and articulates with the first cervical vertebra (the atlas). In humans there is a pair of occipital condyles, one on each side of the foramen magnum. Occipital condyles are absent in most fish, which... Read more |
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foramen
foramen (fo-ray-men) n. (pl. foramina) an opening or hole, particularly in a bone. apical f. the small opening at the apex of a tooth. f. magnum a large hole in the occipital bone through which the spinal cord passes. f. ovale the opening between the two atria of the fetal heart, which allows blood... Read more |
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Hominids
Hominidae (suborder Simiiformes, superfamily Hominoidea) The family that, in old classifications, included humans and immediately ancestral forms now extinct; its members were distinguished from the apes (Pongidae) by the possession of a much larger brain, in which the frontal and occipital lobes... Read more |
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National Rifle Association of America
National Rifle Association of America (NRA), group founded (1871) to promote shooting, hunting, firearm safety, and wildlife conservation. The NRA has nearly 3 million members. The association sponsors shooting competitions and maintains a collection of antique and modern firearms. It also lobbies... Read more |
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Robert Capa
Robert Capa , 1913-54, American war photographer, b. Hungary as Andre Friedmann. He came to Paris in 1933 and from that time on recorded with profound concern the spectacle of humanity caught in war. In 1936 he covered the Spanish civil war, taking the photograph of a Loyalist at the instant of... Read more |
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Samuel A. Stouffer
Stouffer, Samuel A.WORKS BY STOUFFERSUPPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHYSamuel A. Stouffer (1900-1960), American sociologist, was a founder of large-scale quantitative social research. His contribution to the analysis of survey data represents a distinctively American approach to sociology. The four volumes... Read more |
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Jakob Boehme
Jakob Boehme , 1575-1624, German religious mystic, a cobbler of Görlitz, in England also called Behmen. He was a student of the Bible and was influenced by Paracelsus. In his major works, De signatura rerum (tr. The Signature of all Things, 1912) and Mysterium magnum, Boehme describes God... Read more |
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Hildegard of Bingen
Hildegard of Bingen , 1098-1179, German nun, mystic, composer, writer, and cultural figure, known as the Sibyl of the Rhine. An aristocrat educated in a Benedictine convent, she began experiencing mystical visions as a child. Entering religious life c.1116, she became an abbess in 1136 and founded... Read more |
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Frederic Remington
Frederic Remington 1861-1909, American painter, sculptor, illustrator, and writer, b. Canton, N.Y., studied at the Yale School of Fine Arts and the Art Students League. His subjects, drawn largely from his life on the Western plains, are chiefly horses, soldiers, Native Americans, and cowboys, each... Read more |
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central nervous system
...stem. The lowest part of the brain stem, the medulla oblongata, merges with the spinal cord at the large hole (foramen magnum) in the base of the skull. The spinal cord in an adult human is about 45 cm long, tapering to a cone at its lower... |
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foramen magnum
foramen magnum Opening at the posterior end of the skull through which the spinal cord passes. |
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foramen
foramen (fo-ray-men) n. (pl. foramina) an opening or hole, particularly in a bone. apical f. the small opening at the apex of a tooth. f. magnum a large hole in the occipital bone through which the spinal cord passes. f. ovale the... |
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coning
coning (kohn-ing) n. prolapse of the brainstem through the foramen magnum of the skull as a result of raised intracranial pressure: it is usually immediately fatal. |
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occipital bone
...shaped bone of the skull that forms the back and part of the base of the cranium. At the base of the occipital are two condyles that articulate with the first (atlas) vertebra of the backbone. Between the condyles is the foramen magnum. |
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Hominidae
...behaviour including communication by speech; (b) by a fully erect posture facilitated by the positioning of the foramen magnum beneath the skull so that the head is held upright; (c) by a bipedal gait; and (d) by the slow rate of post... |
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skull
...bones of the skull except the mandible are connected to each other by immovable joints (see suture). The skull contains cavities for the eyes and nose and a large opening at its base (foramen magnum) through which the spinal cord passes. |
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Giant dumbbell foramen magnum neurinomas presenting as posterior neck masses:...
...Introduction Dumbbell tumors of the foramen magnum (FM) are uncommon. It is rare...two patients with giant dumbbell foramen magnum neurinomas. In both patients...intraspinal component was occupying the foramen magnum with ... |
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Foramen-fallacy: Descriptive-delusion
...Gray's synonymy between foramen-n-hole allows you to conclude...passes" through a particular foramen, does so by boring a hole...describes the "intervertebral foramina" as "the principal routes...vessels "run through" a foramen - gets dynamically ... |
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Chiari I Malformation: Clinical Presentation and Management.
...the cerebellar tonsils into the foramen magnum, thus crowding the craniocervical...ligament to attach. The transverse foramen holds the vertebral artery. The...condyles and ascend through the foramen magnum. The caudal part of the ... |
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Study data from S.V. Furtado et al provide new insights into pediatric in...
...Morphometric analysis of foramen magnum dimensions and intracranial...dimensions of the foramen magnum in the study and control...patients (28%) had a foramen magnum in close proximity...irregular shape of the ... |
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Research results from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Medical Department...
...DAVFs) may arise at any level from the foramen magnum to the sacrum. Only a few case series of DAVFs at the foramen magnum have been reported, especially...surgical treatment of a DAVF at the foramen magnum. Four male ... |
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On our own two feet.(how did humans learn to walk)
...you would see a hole called the foramen magnum. (See illustration on p. 28...s skull, you can see how the foramen magnum is angled backward and downward...OMITTED] The human skull has a foramen magnum, too. Our ... |
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New hypothesis on the pathogenesis of syringomyelia is revealed.
...an extramedullary lesion at the foramen magnum, particularly a Chiari I malformation...Although syringomyelia associated with foramen magnum obstruction has characteristic...of the subarachnoid space at the foramen magnum ... |
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Research by M. Wanibuchi and colleagues in angiology provides new insights.
...dissection below the level of the foramen magnum can lead to vertebral artery injury...retrosigmoid point (point A). The foramen magnum was opened after the craniotomy was completed. The dura on the foramen magnum was ... |
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Reports Outline Arachnoid Cysts Research from First Hospital.(Report)
Research findings, "Foramen magnum arachnoid cyst induces compression...of China, "It is very rare that a foramen magnum arachnoid cyst induces compression...bowel movement." "MRI revealed a foramen magnum arachnoid cyst with ... |
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New Findings from Iwate Medical University Describe Advances in Biomedical...
...Chiari I malformation treated with foramen magnum decompression and duraplasty using...laminectomy were performed for foramen magnum decompression. Intraoperative...dura mater at the level of the foramen magnum, revealed ... |
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