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- Canal (2513 bytes)
1: ...90px|The [[Canal du Midi]]<br> in [[Toulouse]], [[France]]]]
2: ...]]s on smaller canals, and by [[ship]]s on [[ship canal]]s that connect to the ocean.
4: ... them in touch with the world-economy. The [[Erie canal]] for instance, opened up a connection to the fer...
6: ...ntified with [[Venice]] that all cities that have canals used as waterways have been called "the Venice o...
8: Some rivers have also been 'canalised' to make them navigable.
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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...identity. These cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves ...
7: ...have reached China about 65,000 years ago from [[Africa]]. Early evidence for proto-Chinese [[rice pad...
14: ...he earliest written record of China's past, dates from the [[Shang Dynasty]] in perhaps the [[13th cen...
18: ... around [[2000 BC]] was unearthed. Early markings from this period, found on pottery and shells, have ...
22: ...[[Zhengzhou]] and [[Shangcheng]]. The second set, from the later Shang or Yin period, consists of a la... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...am]]ic scholar and [[Jurisprudence|jurisprudent]] from the [[Maliki]] [[Madhhab]] (a school of [[Fiqh]...
8: ... all that is known about Ibn Battuta's life comes from one source – Ibn Battuta himself (via Ibn...
13: ...ney to Mecca was by land, and followed the North African coast of the [[Maghreb]] region quite closely...
17: ...joined up with a caravan travelling the 800 miles from Damascus to [[Medina]], burial place of [[Muham...
20: ...ity)|Isfahan]], which was only a few decades away from being nearly destroyed by [[Timur]]. Next were ... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...ntury|18th]] and early [[19th century]] resulting from the replacement of an economy based on manual l...
3: ... merged into the [[Second Industrial Revolution]] from about [[1850]], when technological and economic...
7: ...erm industrial ''revolution'' was introduced by [[Friedrich Engels]] and [[Louis-Auguste Blanqui]] in ...
10: ...itain. The steam engine was created to pump water from coal mines, enabling them to be deepened]]effic...
12: ... occurred in Britain. In other nations, such as [[France]], markets were split up by local regions, wh... - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
5: ...may have been a desire to shield her private life from public scrutiny and to prevent scandals attendi...
12: ...ss jumped from their hotel balcony into the Grand Canal on their [[wedding night]]; he survived. She died...
14: Friend and author [[Henry James]] once wrote of her:
21: ...'', Eliot's sales were falling off, and she faded from public view to some degree. - Abdomen (6929 bytes)
2: ...in]], [[fat]], [[muscle]], and lining in the very front of the abdomen. Some consider the pelvis a sep...
7: ...e underlying transversalis fascia. It originates from Poupart's ligament, the inner lip of the ilium,...
9: ...hick sheath formed, as described above, by fibers from each of the three muscles of the lateral abdomi...
11: ...triangular. It is located in the lower abdomen in front of the rectus abdominis. It originates at the ...
19: In the mid-line a slight furrow extends from the ensiform cartilage/[[xiphoid process]] abov... - Gastrointestinal tract (16596 bytes)
2: ...red to as the '''GI tract''' or the '''alimentary canal''' or the '''gut''', is the system of organs with...
4: The GI tract differs substantially from animal to animal. For instance, some animals h...
10: == Basic anatomy of the human alimentary canal ==
45: ... of hollow organs joined in a long, twisting tube from the [[mouth]] to the [[anus]] (see figure). Ins...
59: ...ese waves of narrowing push the food and fluid in front of them through each hollow organ. - Ear (6659 bytes)
10: ...nning to the [[middle ear]]. This tube amplifies frequencies in the range 3 [[Kilohertz|kHz]] to...
13: ... formed cleft from the side of the face and hangs from the rest of the ear, but occasionally will be f...
17: ...three ear bones. The incus and stapes are derived from bones of the jaw, and allow finer detection of ...
20: The tympanum turns vibrations of air in the ear canal into vibrations of the ossicles.
21: ...and middle ear gives humans a peak sensitivity to frequencies between 1 kHz and 3 kHz. The ... - Human brain (15406 bytes)
19: ...d the [[circle of Willis]]. Blood is then drained from the brain through a [[brain sinuses|network of ...
21: ...he dense fluid protects the brain and spinal cord from shock; a brain that weighs 1,500 g in air weigh...
23: ...tes the soft tissues of the brain and spinal cord from the hard surrounding bones (skull and vertebrae...
25: ...dicine, [[childbirth]] was a dangerous event that frequently resulted in the death of the mother. The...
27: ...rms somewhat during its passage through the birth canal, then recovers its shape. This allows it to expa... - Eye (21834 bytes)
9: ...yonic development, while mollusk eyes grow inward from skin cells.
13: ...rm the lenses of their eyes. In this, they differ from most other arthropods, which have soft eyes. Th...
24: ...ours, the [[aqueous humour]]. Most of the light refraction occurs at the [[cornea]] which has a fixed ...
25: ...from a single point of a distant object and light from a single point of a near object being brought t...
27: ...rising from the shape of the cornea and lens, and from the length of the eyeball. These include [[myop... - Stomach (5970 bytes)
1: ...imary function is not the absorption of nutrients from digested food; this task is usually performed b...
4: [[Image:Stomach_diagram.gif|right|frame|The location of the stomach in the body.]]
8: ...me]]s required for the digestion of [[cellulose]] from [[plant]] matter. The partially digested plant ...
14: [[Image:Stomach2.gif|right|frame|Diagram of the stomach, showing the different ...
16: ...e [[pancreas]], and the [[greater omentum]] hangs from the ''greater curvature''. - Bone (11388 bytes)
27: Osteocytes originate from osteoblasts which have migrated into and become...
29: ...d'' surfaces. Because the osteoclasts are derived from a [[monocyte stem-cell lineage]], they are equi...
40: ... in long bones, such as limbs; the bone is formed from [[cartilage]].
46: ...of calcium and the repair of micro-damaged bones (from everyday stress). Repeated stress results in th...
54: Cut and polished bone from a variety of animals is sometimes used as mater... - 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.
25: ...d the extremities, and contains a large medullary canal which extends along its whole length.
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... - Mandible (13717 bytes)
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 ...
25: ...s a thin, triangular eminence, which is flattened from side to side and varies in shape and size. Its ... - Skull (7027 bytes)
2: ...re of [[vertebrate]]s which serves as the general framework for a [[head (anatomy)|head]]. The skull f...
5: ...- The skull from the front.png|thumb|Human skull (front)]]
15: ...fuse together into solid bone (for example, the [[frontal bone]]s).
17: ...rior fontanelle is located at the junction of the frontal and parietal bones; it is a "soft spot" on a...
20: ...ly serious. Normally the skull protects the brain from damage through its hard unyieldingness, but in ... - 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)
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.
23: == Vertebral canal ==
25: ...hose parts of the column which enjoy the greatest freedom of movement, such as the cervical and lumbar... - Vertebra (3942 bytes)
9: ...teristics which are best studied by examining one from the middle of the thoracic region.
12: ...consists of two essential parts: an ''anterior'' (front) segment, which is the '''vertebral body'''; a...
15: ...[trunk]], and the vertebral foramina constitute a canal for the protection of the ''medulla spinalis'' ([...
24: ...process), and often split. Numbered top-to-bottom from C1-C7, [[atlas (anatomy)|atlas]] (C1) and [[axi... - Marco Polo (6716 bytes)
1: ...re written down in ''Il Milione'' ("The Milione", from Polo's family nickname ''Emilione'', or ''[[The...
5: ...at [[Khanbaliq]] (now [[Beijing]]). They returned from China as [[Kublai Khan]]'s envoys with a letter...
7: ...re is a tradition that the Polo family originated from the island of [[Korcula|Korčula]] in today...
16: On their return from China in [[1295]], the family settled in [[Veni...
23: ...hat far, and only retold information he had heard from others. Those skeptics point out that, among ot... - Gondola (997 bytes)
3: ...h prow and stern, best known for its use in the [[canal]]s of [[Venice]]. - Cairo (12536 bytes)
6: ...invade Cairo or defeated elsewhere by troops sent from Cairo. ([[Mongols]], Crusaders & Ottomans are e...
26: The current location of Cairo was too far from the ancient course of the Nile to support a cit...
28: ...t]], which lay close to an ancient Egyptian canal from the Nile to the Red Sea.
30: ...Abbasid]]s, and contains the first [[mosque]] in Africa.
32: ... settlement grew into a small city. The [[North Africa]]n [[Shiite]] [[Fatimid]] Dynasty conquered Eg...
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