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- Periodic table (7298 bytes)
19: *A table with an [[Periodic table (wide)|inline F-block]] inserts the [[Lanthanide]]s and [[Ac...
51: ...spite their similarities in mass (they differ by only a few [[atomic mass unit]]s), they have extremel...
53: In contrast, very near to [[chlorine]] (Cl) in the next-to-la... - Steel (28384 bytes)
8: ...take place in a fairly oxygen-free environment. Unlike copper and tin, liquid iron dissolves carbon q...
11: ... fairly soft metallic material that can dissolve only a small concentration of carbon (no more than 0....
15: ...ke place. The transformation into martensite, by contrast, occurs almost immediately, due to a lower activa...
21: ...osphorus]] make steel more brittle, so these commonly found elements must be removed from the ore duri...
28: ... the year [[1000]], the [[Thule]] people of [[Greenland]] began making [[harpoon]]s and other edged to... - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
3: ...the singular or plural, although pipers most commonly talk of "pipes" and "the bagpipe".
16: ...ed either by a blowpipe or a set of bellows; the inlet to the bag normally has a one-way [[valve]] whi...
20: ...lown. Sometimes the term is also somewhat mistakenly used to describe the general sound produced by a...
33: ...l known are the [[Great Highland Bagpipe]]s (commonly abbreviated GHBs), which were developed in [[Sco...
40: ...as the [[Biniou Brahz]], meaning Great Biniou, in contrast to the [[biniou]], the small traditional Breton b... - Margaret I of Denmark (7423 bytes)
2: ...[[Haakon VI of Norway]], who was the younger and only surviving son to [[Magnus VII of Norway]], [[Mag...
12: ...[[Trinity Sunday]], on [[June 17]], Eric was solemnly crowned king of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The ...
16: ...l maintained; the licence of the nobility was sternly repressed; the kingdoms of Sweden and Norway wer...
22: ...eign policy was sagaciously circumspect, in sharp contrast with the venturesomeness of her father's. The mos...
24: Margaret died suddenly on board her ship in [[Flensburg]] harbour on [[... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
12: ...ingen|Karl, Prince of Leiningen]]. Victoria, the only child of the couple, was born in Kensington Pala...
14: ...n in the line of succession, Victoria was taught only [[German language|German]], the first language o...
35: ...le ''His Royal Highness''. Prince Albert was commonly known as the "Prince Consort", though he did not...
39: ...tween Victoria and Prince Albert. Albert was not only the Queen's companion, but also an important pol...
43: ... to shoot the Queen. Although his gun was loaded only with paper and tobacco, his crime was still puni... - Sylvia Pankhurst (3170 bytes)
7: ...urst|Christabel]] and her mother Emmeline. But in contrast to them she retained her interest in the labour m...
11: ...t. The CP(BSTI) was opposed to parliamentarism in contrast to the views of the newly founded [[Communist Par... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
15: ...ly unclear) and swooping vocal melodies providing contrast and counterpoint to the jazz rhythms of the arran...
19: ...ding [[Willie Nelson]], [[Tom Petty]] and [[Don Henley]], but the material was again patchy and the re... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
13: ...ksgiving (Luke 1:46-56; comp. 1 Sam. 2:1-10) commonly known as the ''[[Magnificat]]''. After three mo...
15: ... for thirty uneventful years. During these years only one event in the history of Jesus is recorded: h...
19: ...hristians that she is again portrayed as the heavenly Woman of Revelation (Revelation 12.1).
41: ...detracting from the worship due to God alone. By contrast, certain documents of the Second Vatican Council,...
43: ...the divinity or humanity of Jesus Christ. So not only would one side affirm that Jesus was indeed God,... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
6: ...tizen of the United States]] in [[1996]] (one of only six). She was [[Beatification|beatified]] by [[P...
22: ...sy|lepers]], all those people who feel unwanted, unloved, uncared for throughout society, people that ...
31: ...particularly the Home for the Dying, was thought unlikely to be of usable quality by the crew. After r...
79: ...which asserts [[natural family planning]] is the only acceptable form of [[birth control]], even in ca...
106: ... a "helper of the poor" was misleading, and that only a few hundred people are served by even the larg... - Rose (15436 bytes)
25: ...xception of ''[[Rosa sericea]]'' which often has only four), usually white or pink, in a few species y...
29: ...vily browsed by [[deer]]. A few species of roses only have vestigial thorns that have no points.
65: ...no scent. Many wild and "old-fashioned" roses, by contrast, have a strong sweet [[scent]]. A few cultivars, ...
67: The [[rose hip|hips]] are sometimes eaten, mainly for their vitamin C content. They are usually pr...
114: Roses are commonly portrayed by [[artist]]s. The [[France|French]] ... - Artery (6875 bytes)
1: ...s and [[organ (anatomy)|organ]]s of the body ( by contrast, [[vein]]s are the return path tubes).
3: ...lled the ''intima''. This layer is made up of mainly [[endothelial cell]]s. Just deep to this layer ...
17: ...olecules, a venous saturation of 75%. However, by contrast, the heart muscle, at all times, typically extrac... - Retina (13061 bytes)
5: ...axon]]s form the [[optic nerve]]. The retina not only detects light, it also plays a significant part ...
29: ...hotopigment is bleached away in bright light and only replaced as a chemical process, so in a transiti...
35: ...re than 130 million retinal receptors, there are only approximately 1.2 million fibres (axons) in the ...
52: ... neurons before it reaches the photoreceptors. By contrast, the [[cephalopod]] retina is ''everted'': the ph...
68: *[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=neurosci.figgrp.740 Re... - Heart (10132 bytes)
17: ...sure. As the right ventricle needs to pump blood only to the lungs, it requires less muscle.
28: ...[[Heart sound|beating sounds of the heart]], commonly referred to as the "lub-dub" sound.
33: ... which means that it is self-exciting. This is in contrast with [[skeletal muscle]], which requires either c... - Lung (7057 bytes)
34: ...ame direction - posterior to anterior. This is in contrast to the mammalian system, in which the direction o... - Spleen (4479 bytes)
5: ...a large portion of the left side of the abdomen. Enlargement of the spleen, also known as [[splenomega...
14: ...e spleen organ and associated with melancholy. In contrast, the [[Talmud]] (tractate Berachoth 61b) refers t... - Bone (11388 bytes)
11: ...d at random, and as a result has low strength. In contrast lamellar bone has parallel fibres and is much str...
34: ... inorganic and organic parts. The inorganic is mainly crystalline mineral salts and calcium, which is ...
36: The organic part of matrix is mainly Type I [[collagen]]. This is made intracellularl...
40: ...l ossification]]. Intramembranous ossification mainly occurs during formation of the flat bones of the...
131: ...the fusion of epiphyses to the diaphysis (adults only) - Adrenal gland (7544 bytes)
7: ...rmones [[epinephrine]] and [[norepinephrine]]. By contrast, some cells of the ''adrenal cortex'' belong to t...
11: Composed mainly of hormone-producing [[chromaffin cell]]s, the a...
23: ...ona fasciculata]] - glucocorticoid production, mainly [[cortisol]] (roughly 95%)
28: ...id-producing tissues. Subsequent steps, however, only occur in the adrenal cortex.
43: ...icoids. This three-organ endocrine system is commonly called the [[HPA axis|hypothalamic-pituitary-adr... - Hair (11457 bytes)
6: In modern Western societies, it is considered manly for men to have hair on their faces, arms, chest...
8: The hair of non-human animal species is commonly referred to as ''[[fur]]''.
15: Unlike other animals, human beings often have their [...
27: ...ir typically has 6-8 layers of cuticle. Wool has only one, and other animal hair may have many more la...
32: ...llows African hair to attain its frizzly form. In contrast, hair that has a round cross-section will be stra... - Exoskeleton (3839 bytes)
1: An '''exoskeleton''', in contrast to an [[endoskeleton]], is an external [[anatomy|...
20: ...a ratio; or whenever organism growth requires an enlarged exoskeleton. - Ploidy (4598 bytes)
1: ...ells ([[sperm]] and [[oocyte]]s) are haploid. In contrast, tetraploidy (four sets of chromosomes), a type o...
8: ...ps and ants are also haploid. For organisms that only ever have one set of chromosomes, the term '''mo...
16: ...cells and the other has diploid cells. Most commonly, the male is haploid and the female is diploid. ...
34: ...me copy number of 1 to 4, and that number is commonly fractional, counting portions of the chromosome ...
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