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  1. Snowdrop (3046 bytes)
    16: ...s, the outer three segments being larger and more convex than the inner series. The six anthers open by [[...
  2. Eye (21834 bytes)
    13: ...such an eye varies, however: some trilobites had only one, and some had thousands of lenses in one eye...
    15: ...more. This enables snails to keep out of direct sunlight.
    24: ...ld be blinding. The lens, behind the iris, is a [[convex]], springy disk which focuses light, through the ...
    26: ...t, the lens will spring back into a thicker, more convex, form.
    65: ...which allow humans and other animals to see by moonlight, or with very little available light (as in a...
  3. Humerus (13486 bytes)
    6: ...w) creates a hinge joint with the ulna, allowing only ''flexion'' and ''extension''. This happens on t...
    39: ...r. The lateral surface of the greater tubercle is convex, rough, and continuous with the lateral surface o...
    66: ...depression between two well-marked borders; it is convex from before backward, concave from side to side, ...
    71: ... humerus is ossified in nearly its whole length, only the extremities remaining cartilaginous. During ...
  4. Mandible (13717 bytes)
    25: ...ies in shape and size. Its ''anterior border'' is convex and is continuous below with the anterior border ...
    26: ...nd sides of the condyle. Its posterior surface is convex; its anterior presents a depression for the attac...
  5. Radius (bone) (8551 bytes)
    3: ...ngth and size. Its upper end is small, and forms only a small part of the [[elbow-joint]]; but its low...
    11: ...bove than below, and slightly curved, so as to be convex lateralward. It presents three borders and three ...
    25: ... pollicis brevis below. Its lower third is broad, convex, and covered by the tendons of the muscles which ...
    26: ...rface (''facies lateralis; external surface'') is convex throughout its entire extent. Its upper third giv...
    29: ...volar radiocarpal ligament. The dorsal surface is convex, affords attachment to the dorsal radiocarpal lig...
  6. Tibia (10700 bytes)
    1: ...-joint, contracted in the lower third, and again enlarged but to a lesser extent below. In the male, i...
    7: ...he head of the fibula. Its ''lateral surface'' is convex, rough, and prominent in front: on it is an emine...
    24: The medial surface is smooth, convex, and broader above than below; its upper third, d...
    25: ...the Tibialis anterior; its lower third is smooth, convex, curves gradually forward to the anterior aspect ...
    47: ...leolus. The ''medial surface'' of this process is convex and subcutaneous; its ''lateral'' or ''articular ...
  7. Ulna (12105 bytes)
    34: ... is slightly concave transversely; the lateral is convex above, slightly concave below.
    42: ...part is prismatic in form, and curved so as to be convex behind and lateralward; its central part is strai...
    57: ...ward and lateralward, is broad and concave above; convex and somewhat narrower in the middle; narrow, smoo...
    59: ...surface'') is broad and concave above, narrow and convex below. Its upper three-fourths give origin to the...
    67: ...maining portion, directed lateralward, is narrow, convex, and received into the ulnar notch of the radius....
  8. Vertebral column (7072 bytes)
    5: ...acrovertebral angle. It is convex anteriorly, the convexity of the lower three vertebrae being much greate...
    7: ...ransposed and the aorta is on the right side, the convexity of the curve is directed to the left side.
  9. Arm (7276 bytes)
    19: ...cle forms the prominence of the shoulder, and its convex outline is due to the presence of the head of the...
    34: ...of the superficial [[flexor muscle]]s cease, and only the tendons remain, so that the limb narrows rap...
  10. Woodworking (12397 bytes)
    7: ...with stone, mud, and animal parts, wood was certainly one of the first materials worked by primitive h...
    37: ...rmer: a chisel bevelled on both sides instead of only one
    53: ...nvex surface of a gouge; a gouge sharpened on the convex surface
    73: * veneer: very thin slices of wood used for inlay or to cover surfaces
    85: ...y]] – The practice of creating patterns by inlaying different wood veneers; with different colou...
  11. Plate tectonics (27764 bytes)
    10: ...''plate boundary'', and plate boundaries are commonly associated with geological events such as earthq...
    19: ...ur where two plates slide towards each other commonly forming either a [[subduction]] zone (if one pla...
    37: ...ce, forming long chains of [[volcano|volcanoes]] inland from the continental shelf and parallel to it....
    63: ...g of material at mid-ocean ridges is almost certainly part of this convection. Some early models of pl...
    133: ...see [[Nicolaus Copernicus]]). Within a matter of only several years [[geophysics]] and geology in part...
  12. Timeline of microscope technology (1673 bytes)
    6: ...s an ''occhiolino'' or compound microscope with a convex and a concave lens.
    8: ...ts, in [[London]], a compound microscope with two convex lenses.
  13. Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
    11: ...ief that he was physically repulsive, thoroughly unlikable and, compared to the other pupils, an outsi...
    27: ... she refused to confess to the charges. However, only the courageous personal intervention of Kepler (...
    40: ...t eliminate the irregular solids, because we are only concerned with orderly creation. There remain si...
    46: ...served that an exceptionally bright star had suddenly appeared in the constellation [[Ophiuchus]]. (It...
    54: ...to explain the behaviour of both earthly and heavenly bodies.
  14. Microscope (8708 bytes)
    3: ...or more [[Lens (optics)|lenses]] that produce an enlarged image of an object placed in the focal plane...
    8: ...he [[sample]] or specimen). This use of a single, convex lens to magnify objects for viewing is still foun...
    34: ...to examine a smear, a squash preparation, or a thinly sectioned slice of some material. With a few exc...
    54: ...d an ''occhiolino'' or compound microscope with a convex and a concave lens in [[1609]]. [[Christiaan Huyg...
    56: ...uwenhoek is, contrary to widespread claims, certainly not the inventor of the microscope.
  15. Wrist (4731 bytes)
    3: ...e navicular, lunate, and triangular form a smooth convex surface, the condyle, which is received into the ...
  16. Sumer (14409 bytes)
    5: .... Others suggest that the term 'Sumerian' should only be applied to the [[Sumerian language]], positin...
    35: ...|seal]]s also depict houses built from reeds not unlike those built by the [[Marsh Arabs]] of Southern...
    73: ...quivalent to the Akkadian goddess [[Ishtar]]), [[Enlil]] the god of the wind, as well as a host of oth...
  17. Avalanche (25211 bytes)
    26: *Profile - [[convex]] slopes are statistically more dangerous than [[...
    58: ... to occur, but deadly if it does). Stop or camp only in safe locations. Wear warm gear to delay hypo...
    65: ...nt of victims buried in the open are killed, and only 80 percent of the victims remaining on the surfa...
    68: * very rapidly from 92% within 15 minutes to only 30% after 35 minutes (victims die of [[suffocati...
    79: ...alanche cord is the oldest form of Equipment - mainly used before beacons became available. The princi...
  18. Aqueous humour (2105 bytes)
    1: ...neal endothelium]] and its pressure maintains the convex shape of the cornea.
  19. Screw (22059 bytes)
    9: ...y the [[1st century BC]], wooden screws were commonly used throughout the [[Mediterranean]] world in d...
    30: A small diameter bolt is commonly called a '''machine screw'''.
    32: The thread on a bolt often occupies only part of the shaft, the remainder of the shaft be...
    36: ...t may be anchored in concrete, for example, with only the threads on one end exposed.
    44: ...sistance to weather or corrosion is required, stainless steel, [[titanium]] or [[bronze]] may be appli...
  20. Woodwork (12397 bytes)
    7: ...with stone, mud, and animal parts, wood was certainly one of the first materials worked by primitive h...
    37: ...rmer: a chisel bevelled on both sides instead of only one
    53: ...nvex surface of a gouge; a gouge sharpened on the convex surface
    73: * veneer: very thin slices of wood used for inlay or to cover surfaces
    85: ...y]] – The practice of creating patterns by inlaying different wood veneers; with different colou...

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