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- Orchidaceae (20056 bytes)
16: ... language|Greek]] ''orchis'', meaning 'testicle', from the appearance of subterranean tuberoids in som...
23: ...restrial]] [[plant]]s, retrieving their nutrients from the soil. This group includes all [[Europe]]an ...
40: ...ctive mottle of the leaves of [[Lady's Slipper]]s from temperate zones (''[[Paphiopedilum]]'') is caus...
47: ..."one-footed") growth. The new shoots grow upwards from a single stem, originating in the end bud of th...
48: ...the rhizome may start its growth again, this time from an 'eye', or undeveloped bud, thereby causing t... - Sunflower (5784 bytes)
18: ... early in the [[16th century]]. ''Helianthus'' is from the [[Greek language|Greek]] for "sunflower".
23: ...hat we commonly call the seeds are actually the [[fruit]] (an ''[[achene]]'') of the plant, with the t...
29: ..., and when the blooming stage is reached the stem freezes in its eastward direction. Thus, blooming su...
34: ...s, because they reduce [[bird]] damage and losses from some [[phytopathology|plant disease]]s. There ...
40: Scientific literature reports, from [[1567]], that a 12 m (40'), traditional, singl... - Vagina (1372 bytes)
3: ... or "[[scabbard]]" ) is the tubular tract leading from the [[uterus]] to the exterior of the body in f...
9: ...ts in an upward-backward direction and forms an [[angle]] of slightly more than 90 degrees with the uteru... - Retina (13061 bytes)
1: ...room Clip Art]]] Many animals have eyes different from the human eye.]]
12: ...ina is defined by the [[ora serrata]]. The length from one ora to the other (or macula), the most sens...
14: ...e raw input from the eyes to the brain. (Modified from a drawing by [[Santiago Ramó® ¹ Cajal| Ramó® ¹ ...
18: ...e [[white blood cell]]s in the [[capillaries]] in front of the photoreceptors can be perceived as tiny...
22: ... the retina. The macula has a yellow pigmentation from screening pigments and is known to ophthalmolog... - Pharynx (931 bytes)
1: ...ay]]s. The [[human]] pharynx is bent at a sharper angle than other mammal pharynges, enabling us to produ... - Humerus (13486 bytes)
1: ...e in the [[arm]] or fore-legs (animals) that runs from the [[shoulder]] to the [[elbow]]. On a [[skele...
6: ...sa'') allow the ulna room to move, but prevent it from over-flexing/extending.
33: ...al neck which is frequently the seat of fracture. Fracture of the anatomical neck rarely occurs.
35: ...epresented by a narrow groove separating the head from the tubercles. It affords attachment to the art...
39: ...sertion to the Supraspinatus; the middle to the Infraspinatus; the lowest one, and the body of the bon... - Mandible (13717 bytes)
2: ...h unite with the ends of the body nearly at right angles.
9: ...al vessels and nerve. Running backward and upward from each mental tubercle is a faint ridge, the obli...
12: ...c]]. Extending upward and backward on either side from the lower part of the symphysis is the mylohyoi...
15: ...rounded, longer than the superior, and thicker in front than behind; at the point where it joins the l...
24: ...d is surmounted by two processes, the coronoid in front and the condyloid behind, separated by a deep ... - Patella (534 bytes)
3: ...e tendon can exert on the femur by increasing the angle at which it acts. - Ulna (12105 bytes)
16: ...ts lower extremity being very small, and excluded from the wrist-joint by the interposition of an arti...
24: ...t medially, and the posterior ligament laterally. From the medial border a part of the [[flexor carpi ...
30: ...Frequently, the [[flexor pollicis longus]] arises from the lower part of the coronoid process by a rou...
34: ...l and a lateral portion by a smooth ridge running from the summit of the olecranon to the tip of the c...
38: ...ad of the [[radius (bone)|radius]]. It is concave from before backward, and its prominent extremities ... - Vertebral column (7072 bytes)
5: ...thoracic vertebra, and ends at the sacrovertebral angle. It is convex anteriorly, the convexity of the lo...
13: ...ease in width as low as the sacrovertebral angle. From this point there is a rapid diminution, to the ...
17: ...cular processes. In the lumbar region they are in front of the articular processes, but behind the int...
21: ...ansverse processes in the cervical region, and in front of them in the thoracic and lumbar regions.
25: ...hose parts of the column which enjoy the greatest freedom of movement, such as the cervical and lumbar... - Salivary gland (1370 bytes)
1: ...down food and lubricates the passage of food down from the oro-[[pharynx]] to the [[esophagus]] to the...
12: ...d lies beneath the ramus of the [[mandible]] (the angle of the chin). - Chest (3592 bytes)
15: ...ion between the [[neck]] and [[diaphragm]] in the front of the body. The corresponding area in an anim...
17: ... ridge can be felt, which is known as [[Ludovic's angle]] and marks the junction between the manubrium an...
19: ...h left intercostal space, three and a half inches from the mid-line. - Moth (5332 bytes)
12: ...th a hyphen inserted: moth-er - to distinguish it from the word for a female parent (in spoken English...
16: ...nd [[diurnal]] species. They can be distinguished from butterflies in [[Difference_between_a_butterfly...
20: ... moth]] also does extensive damage, especially to fruit farms.
22: ...ut there are concerns over its effects on health. Freezing items infested with moth larvae will not ki...
30: ...ificial light it navigates maintaining a constant angle to the light resulting in the moth flying in a sp... - Sculpture (5545 bytes)
41: ...stol, England. This was sculpted with a chain saw from a standing tree, which was diseased and due to ...
55: * frozen [[blood]], dead [[animal]]s
64: ...ture still attached to a background, standing out from that ground in "High Relief" or "Low Relief" ([...
65: ...": designed by the sculptor to be viewed from any angle.
66: *Free-standing sculpture - Engraving (3556 bytes)
5: ...teady, deliberate appearance and clean edges. The angle tint tool has a slightly curved tip that is commo... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
14: ... from the surface of the weave at a perpendicular angle. This supplementary weft is attached to the warp...
16: ...uard mechanism (see [[Jacquard loom]]) in 1812 in France and c. 1825 in England. The addition of stea...
21: ...r Axminster]] (1890). These types were developed from the American [[Halcyon Skinner]]'s 1860s invent...
26: The warp threads are set up on the frame of the loom before weaving begins. A number o...
30: ...al carpet production are: [[Turkey]], [[Northern Africa]], the [[Caucasus]], [[Iran]], [[Nepal]], [[Tu... - Aristarchus (4292 bytes)
9: ...rth. This is the common account as you have heard from astronomers. But Aristarchus has brought out a ...
11: ...apparently quite strong, as the following passage from [[Plutarch]] suggests (''On the Apparent Face i...
21: ...iameters must be in proportion to their distances from Earth. He thus concluded that the Sun was 20 ti... - Flute (11293 bytes)
1: ...ther wind instruments, a flute produces its sound from the flow of air against an edge, instead of usi...
6: from : www.flute.com.cn[http://www.flute.com.cn]
7: ...o its simplicity and pleasing sound. A flute made from a [[mammoth]] bone, found in the [[Swabian Alb|...
9: ...asier to play, but takes a degree of control away from the musician. Usually fipple flutes are not ref...
25: ...several inches wide, while a concert flute's is a fraction of an inch. - Piccolo heckelphone (2734 bytes)
1: ...perfect fourth above the [[oboe]], its compass is from b to g"'#, sounding a perfect fourth higher.
5: ... heckelphone in F has an extremely wide bore. The angle of the instrument's conicity is quite wide (thoug... - Shakuhachi (6042 bytes)
8: The name shakuhachi means "1.8 foot", from its size. It is a simple compound of two japane...
14: ... of a shakuhachi. Other shakuhachi vary in length from about 1.3 shaku up to 3.3 shaku. (The longer th...
18: ... players can produce virtually any note they wish from the instrument, and play a wide repertoire of o...
22: ...The shakuhachi proper, however, is quite distinct from its continental ancestors, the result of centur...
26: ...re over their heads, a symbol of their detachment from the world.)
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