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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... - Digestion (4206 bytes)
11: ... in the liver; these bile pigments are eliminated from the body with the feces). Most nutrient absorpt... - 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: ...e macula has a yellow pigmentation from screening pigments and is known to ophthalmologists as the macula lu... - Liver (11441 bytes)
1: ...e liver often start in ''hepato-'' or ''hepatic'' from the [[Greek language|Greek]] word for liver, ''...
7: ...liac trunk]]. The portal vein brings venous blood from the digestive tract, so that the liver can proc...
9: ...to form the common hepatic duct. The cystic duct (from the gallbladder) joins with the common hepatic ...
14: ...m]], a thin, double-layered membrane that reduces friction against other organs. The peritoneum folds ...
16: The [[falciform ligament]] is visible on the front ([[anterior]] side) of the liver. This divides... - Fresco (1692 bytes)
1: ...Magliano.jpg|thumb|A [[14th Century|XIV Century]] fresco featuring [[Saint Sebastian]]]]
3: ...co'' painting is done on dry plaster and with the pigments in a binding medium, like [[egg (biology)|egg]]. ...
5: ...lain exteriors and stunning interiors filled with frescoes.
7: Painters in fresco will often add details later ''in secco.''
9: ...intings at [[Pompeii]] and [[Herculaneum]] are in fresco. - Didgeridoo (7516 bytes)
5: ...on dating of paintings on cave walls and shelters from this period.
7: ...news/articles/?fj09v13s02] that it may be derived from the [[Irish language|Irish]] words ''d?e'' or '...
9: ...he lower the pitch or key of the instrument. Keys from D to F# are the preferred pitch of traditional ...
13: ...ents and those made in factories are usually made from solid timber that have been [[drill]]ed out mec...
15: ...munities in northern Australia are typically made from [[hardwood]]s especially various [[eucalyptus]]... - Chameleon (4625 bytes)
20: ...ame "Chameleon" means "earth lion" and is derived from the Greek words chamai (on the ground, on the e...
34: The main distribution of Chameleons is [[Africa]] and [[Madagascar]], although some species ar...
44: ... these different pigment cells can relocate their pigments, thereby influencing the colour of light which is... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
6: * 2.4 MYA: [[Oldowan|Stone tools]] in [[Africa]]
8: ...YA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
26: * [[Cloth]] woven from [[flax]] fiber
112: * [[1589]]: [[Stocking frame]]: [[William Lee]]
134: ...quadrant]]: [[Thomas Godfrey (inventor)|Thomas Godfrey]] - Sun (20830 bytes)
10: ! align="left" | Mean distance from<br>Earth
21: ! align="left" | Mean distance from<br>[[Milky Way]] core
55: ! align="left" | [[Escape velocity]]<br> from the surface
122: ...onally referred to as '''Sol''' to distinguish it from other "suns". Planet [[Earth]] [[orbit]]s the ...
128: ...istance of about 25,000 to 28,000 [[light-year]]s from the [[galactic centre]], completing one revolut... - Art (11479 bytes)
11: ... some extent, and [[child art]] is created by all from about the first birthday.
15: ...chniques. Painting, one of the oldest forms, uses pigments on surfaces like canvas or walls. Sculpture invol...
52: The word ''art'' derives from the [[Latin]] ''ars'', which, loosely translate...
74: ... is often described as a lay critique and derives from the fact that in [[Western culture]] at least, ...
84: From one [[point of view|perspective]], art is a gen... - Australian Aboriginal art (4187 bytes)
7: ...[saliva|spittle]] mixed with ochre and other rock pigments. Painting was then performed on persons, rock wal...
13: ...free of knots and other blemishes. It is best cut from the tree in the wet season when the sap is risi...
21: ... mythological [[imp]]ish creatures. Mimihs are so frail that they never venture out on [[wind]]y days ... - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
6: ...abriano]], Italy, opened in [[1276]], and Arches, France, opened in [[1492]].
10: ...n wet [[plaster]]. One well-known example of buon fresco is the [[Sistine Chapel]], begun in [[1508]] ...
21: ...mage:PicabiaFrancis Riden.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Francis Picabia]], ''Ridens'', (c. 1929), gouache an...
31: ...r its characteristics of brightness, ''sparkle'', freshness, and clarity of color since light has pass...
33: According to a tradition, dating from at least the early [[20th century]], the white ... - Human (48024 bytes)
24: Humans have an erect body carriage that frees the upper limbs for manipulating objects, a hi...
30: ... [[state]]s down to [[Family|families]], and also from the [[community]] to the [[self]]. Seeking to [...
54: ...species of [[chimpanzee]]s should be reclassified from ''[[Pan troglodytes]]'' and ''[[Pan paniscus]]'...
56: ...had]] and seems to indicate an earlier divergence from the ape lineage.
58: ... genome is significantly affected by assimilation from archaic humans (i.e., 80% of loci may have some... - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
29: ...e leaves are quite clearly evolutionarily derived from a simple
46: rolled-leaf tube, and protects it from rain. Possibly because of this improved
52: pitted with areolae, which are [[chlorophyll]]-free patches through which light can penetrate.
54: ...once inside, tire themselves out trying to escape from these false
63: that project from the base of the operculum over the entrance to ... - Vacuole (5544 bytes)
1: ...]) within the cell, exporting unwanted substances from the cell, or even determining relative cell siz...
11: ... bursting. Contractile vacuoles are found in some freshwater [[protozoa]].
15: ...es, like toxic byproducts which are hence removed from the cytosol. By letting [[proton]]s in, it help...
17: ...ess rigid wall is expanded by the pressure coming from within the cell.
23: *Separation of toxic byproducts from [[cell metabolism]]. - Chloroplast (2430 bytes)
4: Chloroplasts convert light energy from the sun into [[Adenosine_triphosphate|ATP]] thr...
8: ... [[genome reduction|reduced]] compared to that of free-living cyanobacteria, but the parts that are st... - Photosynthesis (9830 bytes)
3: ...early all living things depend on energy produced from photosynthesis for their nourishment, making it...
6: ...ygen]] gas. The energy for these processes comes from photosynthesis. For instance, the over-all equ...
13: ...ant, [[wax]]y [[cuticle]], that protects the leaf from excessive absorption of light and evaporation o...
16: ...sorbed by chlorophyll, although various accessory pigments give them a wide variety of colors, located insid...
18: ...otosynthetic bacteria have a variety of different pigments, called [[bacteriochlorophyll]]s, and do not prod... - Leaf (20580 bytes)
2: ...tures of [[fern]]s are correctly referred to as [[frond]]s.
8: ...mendous variety shown in leaf structure (anatomy) from species to species is presented in detail below...
18: ...n leaves from dry climates as compared with those from wet climates.
24: '''[[Trichome]]s''' or hairs grow out from the epidermis in many species.
37: ...aves are normally [[green]] in color, which comes from [[chlorophyll]] found in [[plastid]]s in the ''... - Cadmium (10755 bytes)
173: ... one-fourth is used mainly for [[Cadmium pigments|pigments]], coatings and plating, and as stabilizers for [...
175: *Due to a low [[coefficient of friction]] and very good fatigue resistance, it is u...
180: ... most common. This sulfide is used as a [[Cadmium pigments|yellow pigment]].
181: ...r [[solar cell]]s. [[HgCdTe]] is sensitive to [[infrared]].
186: ...nts|discovered]] in [[Germany]] in [[1817]] by [[Friedrich Strohmeyer]]. Strohmeyer found the new ele... - Cobalt (13481 bytes)
102: ...th 1.6~1.7 [[Bohr magneton]]s per [[atom]]. It is frequently associated with [[nickel]], and both are ...
119: * Pigments (cobalt blue and cobalt green).
130: ...y radioactive, and so cobalt machines have fallen from favor in the Western world where [[linacs]] are...
142: ... [[nickel]]). Some also think the name may derive from Greek ''kobalos'', which means 'mine', and whic...
149: Cobalt is not found as a free metal and is generally found in the form of [[o...
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