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- Plateau (3062 bytes)
2: ...fted that is topped with a layer of particularly resistant rock, and underlain by softer rock.
4: ...tinents; the vast [[Ontong Jaya Plateau]] of the western Pacific is an example of such.
6: == Examples of plateaus ==
7: ... landform, but there are many other notable examples of it from around the world, including:
8: ...]] (a continuous landform with different local names) - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...d that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
3: ...hout running out of food or getting stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not the...
5: ...s likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...]]. He never reached the present-day [[United States]] where "Columbus Day" ([[12 October]], the anniv...
9: ...ficial to humans, such as [[tomato]]es, [[potato]]es, [[maize]], and [[horse]]s), and the first large-... - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
1: [[Image:Cartier.png|thumb|200px|right|Jacques Cartier]]
3: '''Jacques Cartier''' ([[December 31]], [[1491]] – [[S...
5: ...arance in baptismal registers as godfather or witness.
7: No contemporary portrait of Jacques Cartier has been found and the most familiar port...
9: ...tained. Considering that Cartier made three voyages of discovery in dangerous and hitherto unknown wa... - Ionic order (6526 bytes)
1: ...der: Julien David LeRoy, ''Les ruines plus beaux des monuments de la Grèce'' Paris, 1758 (Plate XX)]]...
2: ... [[Corinthian order|Corinthian]]. (There are two lesser orders, the stocky [[Tuscan order]] and the ri...
4: ... Ionic temple was the [[Temple of Artemis]] at Ephesus, one of the [[Seven Wonders of the World]].
6: ...ek Revival]], it conveyed an air of archaic freshness and primitive, perhaps even republican, vitality...
8: ...en each hollow; Greek fluting runs out to a knife edge that was easily scarred. - China (38909 bytes)
3: ...ilizations, as a single [[state]] or multiple states, and as a single [[nation]] or multiple nations.
5: ..., the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], and the [[Chinese Civil War]].
7: ...inese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
10: ...''Main article: [[Name of China in various languages]]''
14: ...r known world, surrounded by lesser tributary states. - Boudicca (6973 bytes)
1: ...[61]] during the reign of the emperor [[Nero]]. These events are told by two historians, [[Tacitus]] (...
3: ...castatue.jpg|thumb|300px|Statue of Boudicca near Westminster Pier]]
7: ...revious Icenian rebellion in [[47]]). Hoping to preserve his line, Prasutagus made the [[Roman emperor...
9: ...their loans. Tacitus does not mention this, but does single out [[procurator]] [[Catus Decianus]] for ...
11: ...a'']], attempted to relieve the city, but his forces were routed. - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
2: subject_name=Diana, Princess of Wales|
3: image_name=Diana, Princess of Wales.jpg |
11: ...at title, as it would imply that she was a [[princess]] by [[birthright]] rather than by marriage.
13: ...biographies, magazine articles and television movies.
15: ...he world. To her admirers, Diana, Princess of Wales was a [[role model]] — after her death, the... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ... [[16 October]] [[1793]]) Daughter of [[Maria Theresa of Austria]], wife of [[Louis XVI]] and mother o...
4: ... baby as "a small, but completely healthy Archduchess."
6: ...erdinand-Karl ? already had important official roles within the [[Hapsburg]] Empire.
7: ...nsidered one of the most brilliant political figures in Europe.]]
9: ...r in marriage - Marie-Antoinette (much to the Empress's amusement.) - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
3: ...in 1954. In [[Moscow]] she undertook further studies at the Conservatory with Nikolay Peyko until 1959...
5: ...s in [[Soviet]] Russia, her music was labeled "irresponsible" for its exploration of alternate [[music...
7: ...roup with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyacheslav Artyomov.
11: ... on the death and resurrection of Christ, her largest work to date.
15: ...he legato of life. Life divides man into many pieces...There is no weightier occupation than the recom... - Meryl Streep (12114 bytes)
2: ...the present day, has been regarded as one of the best in her field.
5: ...ce]]'' ([[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]], [[1982]]).
7: ...uthful approach toward the industry and her own presence within it. As she would say when collecting h...
9: ...House of the Spirits]]'', [[1995]]'s ''[[The Bridges of Madison County]]'' (largely regarded as her gr...
11: ...''[[Marvin's Room]]'', and completing another successful decade with ''[[Music of the Heart]]'', for w... - Orchidaceae (20056 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Asparagales]]}}
14: ...than all vertebrates combined, excluding bony fishes. Orchids, through their floral complexity and the...
16: ...bterranean tuberoids in some [[terrestrial]] species. The word 'orchis' was first used by [[Theophrast...
18: ... in their natural habitat, are considered by [[CITES]] as threatened or endangered. They are therefore...
20: == General description == - Abdomen (6929 bytes)
2: ...te section, but there is no structure that separates the two areas.
4: ==Muscles of the abdominal wall==
5: ...ard towards its insertion on the outer anterior crest of the [[Ilium (disambiguation)|ilium]] and (via...
7: ... the underlying transversalis fascia. It originates from Poupart's ligament, the inner lip of the ili...
9: ...ibed above, by fibers from each of the three muscles of the lateral abdominal wall. - Breast (4630 bytes)
1: ...Both sexes have a large concentration of [[blood vessel]]s and [[nerve]]s in their [[nipple]]s.
5: ... or eighth ribs below and from the midline to the edge of the [[latissimus dorsi]] posteriorly.
7: ...ry tail (tumours frequently occur here), the lobules, [[Cooper's ligaments]], the [[areola]] and the [...
9: ...he left breast to be the larger. In some rare cases, one breast may be greatly larger or smaller than...
11: During puberty, [[sex hormone]]s, chiefly [[estrogen]], cause the development of a woman's brea... - Ear (6659 bytes)
3: ...e system responsible for collection and early processing of sound (the beginning of the [[auditory sys...
10: ...the [[middle ear]]. This tube amplifies frequencies in the range 3 [[Kilohertz|kHz]] to 12 ...
13: ...ing fused and "lobeless". The helix is the outer edge of the outer ear[http://www.bartleby.com/61/31/H0...
15: ...ions: the ''hammer'', ''anvil'', and ''stirrup'' respectively.
17: ...r bones. The incus and stapes are derived from bones of the jaw, and allow finer detection of sound. - Retina (13061 bytes)
1: ...art.com Classroom Clip Art]]] Many animals have eyes different from the human eye.]]
5: ...resulting neural signals then undergo complex processing by other [[neuron]]s of the retina, and are t...
7: ...in Physiology or Medicine]] for their scientific research on the retina.
9: The unique structure of the [[blood vessel]]s in the retina have been used for [[biometri...
12: ...for about 6mm and then the peripheral retina. The edge of the retina is defined by the [[ora serrata]]. ... - Arm (7276 bytes)
3: ...nd the wrist are the [[metacarpals]] and [[phalanges]] of the hand and fingers.
5: ...cular plane, while the presence of two forearm bones which can rotate around each other allows for add...
9: ...shoulder gray.gif|thumb|400px|Diagram of the muscles in the arm and shoulder]]
11: ..., while the scapula slides across the posterior chest wall via the "scapulothoracic" joints.
13: ...evates the shoulder; the [[deltoid]], which elevates the arm to the side; and the [[latissimus dorsi]]... - Chest (3592 bytes)
1: ==Anatomy of the chest - Humans and other hominids==
2: ...d [[Pectoralis minor muscle|minor]] pectoral muscles, [[trapezius muscle]]s, [[collarbone]], and [[mam...
4: ...cage is also called the [[thorax]]. The words ''chest'' and ''thorax'' are often mistakenly used inter...
6: ==Anatomy of the chest - Other animals==
7: ... [[exoskeleton]], the area corresponding to the chest is called the thorax. ''see [[:Image:Tsetsefly_... - Hair (11457 bytes)
2: ...ugh in some species hair is absent at certain stages of life. "Hairs" are also found on plants, the te...
4: ...ndividual; in some mammals, the pigmentation changes with the seasons, becoming white during the snowy...
6: ... [[1918]] exposed men to [[lice]] and [[flea]] infestation which caused the order to be given for the ...
8: The hair of non-human animal species is commonly referred to as ''[[fur]]''.
11: ... people [[shave]], style or adorn their hair for aesthetic reasons. - Glass (26176 bytes)
1: ...umping the liquid sugar onto a cold surface. The resulting solid is amorphous, not crystaline like the...
3: ...rded by [[Roman Empire|Roman]] historians as ''glaesum.'' Anglo-Saxons used the word ''glaer'' for amb...
5: ...fic type of glass—the [[silica]]-based glasses in common use as a building, container or decorat...
9: ...e and will break into sharp shards. These properties can be modified, or even changed entirely, with t...
16: ==Properties and Uses== - Bookbinding (7761 bytes)
4: ... handle, allowed writing on both sides of the leaves, and could be searched through more quickly.
6: ... handwritten on handmade materials, sizes and styles varied considerably, and each book was a unique c...
8: ...nding began to standardize somewhat. But page sizes still varied considerably.
14: ...ced books today tend to be of one of four categories:
16: ...rger. Unusually large and heavy books are sometimes bound with wire or cable.
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