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- Plateau (3062 bytes)
2: ...s, like the [[tepui]]s of [[Guiana]], are formed when a section of land is uplifted that is topped wit...
4: ... continents; the vast [[Ontong Jaya Plateau]] of the western Pacific is an example of such.
7: ...re many other notable examples of it from around the world, including:
8: * [[Allegheny Plateau|Allegheny]]/[[Cumberland Plateau]] (a continuous landform...
22: ...er tops are at the same height, which represents the original [[plain]] before uplift. - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...l [[sphere]], and argued that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
2: [[Image:Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [ht...
3: ...icas, they inaugurated permanent contact between the New and Old Worlds.
5: ...t Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...tober]], the anniversary of Columbus' landing in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]]. - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: ...y, the interior eastern region that would become the first european-inhabited area of that country.
5: ...equent appearance in baptismal registers as godfather or witness.
7: ...ght) was painted by a Russian artist in 1839 for the city of Saint-Malo.
9: ...dered one of the most conscientious explorers of the period.
13: ...is trip he took [[Domagaya]] and [[Taignoagny]], the sons of Huron [[Chief Donnacona]], back to Europe... - Ionic order (6526 bytes)
1: ...thumb|right|240px|Architects' first real look at the Greek Ionic order: Julien David LeRoy, ''Les ruin...
2: ...r]], added by 16th century Italian architectural theory and practice.)
4: ...emis]] at Ephesus, one of the [[Seven Wonders of the World]].
5: ...et the [[torus]] (enriched with interlaced guilloche) it stands upon.]]
6: ...reek Ionic order was eventually reintroduced, in the later [[18th century]] [[Greek Revival]], it conv... - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...d beginning in the [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
3: ...one another in [[continent]]al [[East Asia]] for the last 4000 years. Depending on one's point of view...
5: ...arlordism, the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], and the [[Chinese Civil War]].
7: ...ormation). The nature and extent of ''China'' is the subject of ongoing political disputes on [[Chines...
14: ...o the historic position of China at the centre of her known world, surrounded by lesser tributary stat... - Boudicca (6973 bytes)
1: ...[[61]] during the reign of the emperor [[Nero]]. These events are told by two historians, [[Tacitus]] ...
7: ...is line, Prasutagus made the [[Roman emperor]] co-heir, along with his two daughters, to his kingdom.
9: ...eneca the Younger]], chose this point to call in their loans. Tacitus does not mention this, but does ...
11: ...ana|Legio IX ''Hispana'']], attempted to relieve the city, but his forces were routed.
13: ...numbers to defend it. Londinium was abandoned to the rebels, who burnt it down ([[archaeology]] shows ... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
11: ... that she was a [[princess]] by [[birthright]] rather than by marriage.
13: ...emotional distress riveted the world for much of the [[1990s]], spawning biographies, magazine article...
15: ...or [[sainthood]] — while her detractors saw her life as a cautionary tale.
22: ...and]], after being named as the "other party" in the Earl and Countess of Dartmouth's divorce.
24: ... all of her [[O-level]] examinations. At age 16 she briefly attended [[Institut Alpin Videmanette]], ... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
1: ...e-Antoinette, painted by Wagenschon shortly after her marriage in [[1770]]]]
2: ...uis XVII]]. She was guillotined at the height of the [[French Revolution]].
4: ...w baby as "a small, but completely healthy Archduchess."
6: ...rl ? already had important official roles within the [[Hapsburg]] Empire.
7: ...re Antoinette's birth. She was considered one of the most brilliant political figures in Europe.]] - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
3: ...ory with Nikolay Peyko until 1959, and then with Shebalin until 1963.
5: ...final examination encouraged her to continue down her "mistaken path".
7: ...group with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyacheslav Artyomov.
9: ...a homage to [[T. S. Eliot]], using the text from the poet's spiritual masterpiece ''[[Four Quartets]]'...
11: ...diptych" on the death and resurrection of Christ, her largest work to date. - Meryl Streep (12114 bytes)
2: ...sent day, has been regarded as one of the best in her field.
5: ...tharine Hepburn]]. She won [[Academy Award]]s for her roles in ''[[Kramer vs. Kramer]]'' ([[Academy Aw...
7: ... ''[[Angels in America]]'', "There are some days when even I think I'm overrated, but not today."
9: ...lm to date—and her noted comic turn in ''[[She-Devil]]''.
11: ... of the Heart]]'', for which she learned to play the [[violin]]. - Orchidaceae (20056 bytes)
14: ...] with mycorrhizae, are considered by some to be the culmination of floral [[evolution]].
16: ...student of [[Aristotle]] and is considered the father of [[botany]] and [[ecology]].
18: ... [[CITES]] as threatened or endangered. They are therefore protected.
21: .... Orchids can be classified according to the way they retrieve nutrients:
22: ... plants, such as trees, cacti or tree ferns. But they are not [[parasite]]s. - Abdomen (6929 bytes)
2: ...ection, but there is no structure that separates the two areas.
4: ==Muscles of the abdominal wall==
5: ...a the sheath of the [[rectus abdominus]] muscle) the midline [[linea alba]].
7: ...ower ribs. It inserts into the linea alba behind the [[rectus abdominis]].
9: ...ove, by fibers from each of the three muscles of the lateral abdominal wall. - Breast (4630 bytes)
1: ...entration of [[blood vessel]]s and [[nerve]]s in their [[nipple]]s.
5: ...h ribs below and from the midline to the edge of the [[latissimus dorsi]] posteriorly.
7: ...]] and the [[nipple]]. The nipple is supplied by the T4 [[dermatome]].
9: ...reast may be greatly larger or smaller than the other, or fail to develop during [[puberty]].
11: ...ts. This hormone has been demonstrated to cause the development of woman-like, enlarged breasts in me... - Ear (6659 bytes)
3: ...t. Not all animals have ears in the same part of the body.
5: == The ear ==
7: ...[human]]s, have two ears, one on each side of the head.
9: == The Outer Ear ==
10: ...e amplifies frequencies in the range 3 [[Kilohertz|kHz]] to 12 kHz. - Retina (13061 bytes)
1: ...lip Art]]] Many animals have eyes different from the human eye.]]
3: ...e]]s and some [[cephalopod]]s; it is the part of the eye which converts [[light]] into nervous signals...
5: ...a and the optic nerve originate as outgrowths of the [[brain]].
7: ...y 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 [[biometric]] identific... - Arm (7276 bytes)
1: ...elbow]] and [[wrist]] is properly referred to as the [[forearm]].
3: ...ist are the [[metacarpals]] and [[phalanges]] of the hand and fingers.
5: ... two forearm bones which can rotate around each other allows for additional range of motion at this le...
7: ==Anatomy of the human arm==
8: ===The shoulder=== - Chest (3592 bytes)
1: ==Anatomy of the chest - Humans and other hominids==
2: ...rnum]], [[xiphoid process]], thoracic portion of the spine, [[Pectoralis major muscle|major]] and [[Pe...
4: ...bcage is also called the [[thorax]]. The words ''chest'' and ''thorax'' are often mistakenly used inte...
6: ==Anatomy of the chest - Other animals==
7: ....png|drawing of an insect indicating position of the thorax]]'' - Hair (11457 bytes)
2: ...erm for which is '''[[trichome]]s''' (see for further discussion of plant hairs).
4: ... changes with the seasons, becoming white during the snowy winter, for example.
6: ... severely short length. The shorter style became the new normality and has never entirely gone away si...
8: The hair of non-human animal species is commonly refe...
11: ...ople [[shave]], style or adorn their hair for aesthetic reasons. - Glass (26176 bytes)
1: ...esulting solid is amorphous, not crystaline like the sugar was originally, which can be seen in its [[...
3: ...n]] historians as ''glaesum.'' Anglo-Saxons used the word ''glaer'' for amber.
5: ...be concerned with a specific type of glass—the [[silica]]-based glasses in common use as a build...
9: ...tirely, with the addition of other compounds or [[heat treatment]].
13: ...Si]][[Oxygen|O]]<sub>2</sub>), which is the same chemical compound found in [[quartz]], or in its poly... - Bookbinding (7761 bytes)
4: ...ng on both sides of the leaves, and could be searched through more quickly.
6: ...were still created by stitching folded sheets at the seam. Since early books were exclusively handwri...
8: ...d the use of the [[printing press]] beginning in the mid-[[15th century]], bookbinding began to standa...
14: There are various commercial techniques in use today....
16: ...f ''octavo'' size or larger. Unusually large and heavy books are sometimes bound with wire or cable.
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