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- Plateau (3062 bytes)
2: ...], usually consisting of relatively flat open country if the uplift was recent in [[Geologic timescale...
22: ... [[Cumberland Plateau]], which are at the western edge of the [[Appalachian Mountains]] of eastern [[Nor... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...ugal]] among others. He was an [[explorer]] and [[trade]]r who crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and reac...
3: ...ry [[myth]] created by [[Washington Irving]]. Contrary to this belief, most people at that time accep...
5: ...f peoples throughout time; see '''[[Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact]]''', one of the most consiste...
7: ...]), as well as the coasts of [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]. He never reached the p...
11: Columbus remains a controversial figure. Some – including many [[Nat... - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: ...ome the first european-inhabited area of that country.
7: ...s Cartier has been found and the most familiar portrait (see right) was painted by a Russian artist in...
13: ...and claimed the territory for France. During this trip he took [[Domagaya]] and [[Taignoagny]], the so...
17: ...tadacona, more than a thousand Hurons came to the edge of the river to greet the Frenchmen. The site of...
19: ...nce. Cartier and his men prepared for winter by strengthening their fort, stacking firewood and salti... - Ionic order (6526 bytes)
6: ... that when a Greek Ionic order was eventually reintroduced, in the later [[18th century]] [[Greek Revi...
8: ...en each hollow; Greek fluting runs out to a knife edge that was easily scarred.
10: ...istory]], New York, for an unusual impression of strength and stature.
12: ...tablature by reducing the proportions of the architrave, which made the frieze more prominent.
14: ...sical architecture survive earlier than that of Vitruvius, identification of such ''meaning'' in archi... - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...ng2.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[Great Wall of China]], stretching over 6,700 km, was erected beginning in th...
5: ...]] [[Chinese dynasty|dynastic]] change. The [[country]]'s territorial extent expanded outwards from a ...
7: ...orld War II. Since then the ROC has maintained control over Taiwan and the [[Pescadores]], islands off...
14: ...e centre of her known world, surrounded by lesser tributary states.
16: ...although being continually redefined while the central political influence expanded territorially, and... - Boudicca (6973 bytes)
1: ...other Celtic tribes, including the neighbouring [[Trinovantes]], in a major uprising against the occup...
11: ...e. The city was poorly defended and the rebels destroyed it, besieging the last defenders in the templ...
13: ... [[Verulamium]] ([[St Albans]]) was next to be destroyed.
15: ...hom they had stationed in a ring of wagons at the edge of the battlefield, and were slaughtered. (The Ge...
17: ...Cross (London)|Kings Cross]] in London (a nearby street is named Battle Bridge Road), and that Boudicc... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
13: ...[[adultery]], [[mental cruelty]] and emotional distress riveted the world for much of the [[1990s]], s...
15: ...e nominated for [[sainthood]] — while her detractors saw her life as a cautionary tale.
22: ...other's testimony against her daughter during the trial, meant custody of Diana and her brother was gi...
40: ...(Theoretically, such an affair constituted [[high treason]] by both parties.) Another of her lovers re...
50: ... a person infected with the [[HIV]] virus. Her contribution to changing the public opinion of [[AIDS]]... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...ber]] [[1793]]) Daughter of [[Maria Theresa of Austria]], wife of [[Louis XVI]] and mother of [[Louis ...
4: ...r) of the Austrian empress, [[Maria Theresa of Austria|Maria Theresa]] and [[Francis I, Holy Roman Emp...
7: ...ther, the Empress Maria-Theresa, had ruled the Austrian Empire for fifteen years before Antoinette's b...
15: ...that he should marry one of [[Maria Theresa of Austria|Maria Theresa]]'s daughters. With Johanna-Gabri...
19: ... a Thanksgiving Mass was held in her honour. The streets of the city where covered in flowers, which M... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
5: ...ng|tunings]]. She was supported, however, by [[Dmitri Shostakovich]], who in evaluating her final exam...
7: ... mid-1970s Gubaidulina founded Astreja, a folk-instrument improvisation group with fellow composers Vi...
11: ...ommemoration of [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]. Her contribution was the [[Johannes-Passion (Gubaidulina)|J...
21: *''Vivente - Non Vivente'' for electronics (1970)
23: *String Quartet No. 1 (1971) - Meryl Streep (12114 bytes)
1: [[image:Streep_Silkwood.jpg|thumb|right|Streep in ''Silkwood'' (1983)]]
2: ...n [[June 22]], [[1949]]) is an American [[actor|actress]] who has received numerous accolades for her ...
5: ...oice]]'' ([[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]], [[1982]]).
7: ...n—and her truthful approach toward the industry and her own presence within it. As she would say...
9: ...immediate audience. In the [[1990s]], therefore, Streep took to playing roles with greater variety, in... - Orchidaceae (20056 bytes)
4: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Plant]]ae}}
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Asparagales]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = '''Orchidaceae'''}} - Abdomen (6929 bytes)
2: ...r the pelvis a separate section, but there is no structure that separates the two areas.
7: ...s between the internal oblique and the underlying transversalis fascia. It originates from Poupart's ...
9: ...ndon|tendinous]] intersections called the [[linae transversae]]. The rectus abdominus is enclosed in ...
11: The [[pyramidalis muscle]] is small and triangular. It is located in the lower abdomen in fr...
15: ...located in the part of the abdomen known as the retroperitoneum. - Breast (4630 bytes)
1: ...otic]] medication). Both sexes have a large concentration of [[blood vessel]]s and [[nerve]]s in their...
5: ... or eighth ribs below and from the midline to the edge of the [[latissimus dorsi]] posteriorly.
11: ... a woman's breasts. This hormone has been demonstrated to cause the development of woman-like, enlar...
13: ... in size during [[pregnancy]], mainly due to hypertrophy of the exocrine gland in response to [[prolac...
18: ...al (same side) axillary [[lymph node]]s. The rest travels to parasternal nodes, to the other breast, o... - Ear (6659 bytes)
13: ...ing fused and "lobeless". The helix is the outer edge of the outer ear[http://www.bartleby.com/61/31/H0...
15: ...], but they are also referred to by their English translations: the ''hammer'', ''anvil'', and ''stirr...
21: ...contract in response to loud sounds, reducing the transmission of sound to the inner ear. This is cal...
23: ...legm]], but they may be opened by lowering and protruding the jaw; this is why [[yawning]] helps relie...
28: ...a fluid medium that receives the sound vibrations transmitted from the air to the oval window through ... - Retina (13061 bytes)
1: |[[Image:Eye.jpg|thumb|Color Cross Section Illustration of the Human Eye courtesy of [http://classro...
5: ...ssing by other [[neuron]]s of the retina, and are transformed into [[action potential]]s in retinal [[...
9: ...vessel]]s in the retina have been used for [[biometric]] identification.
11: ==Physical structure of human eye==
12: ...for about 6mm and then the peripheral retina. The edge of the retina is defined by the [[ora serrata]]. ... - Arm (7276 bytes)
1: ...ow]]. '''Arm''' may also refer to an analogous structure, such as one of the paired forelimbs of a q...
13: ...chest muscle), which pulls the arm forward; the [[trapezius]], which elevates the shoulder; the [[delt...
15: ...avicle. Between these two muscles is an elongated triangular gap with its base at the clavicle. Here, ...
17: ...ocess]] is situated just under cover of the inner edge of the deltoid, one inch below the junction betwe...
21: ...e muscle, which flexes the forearm, can easily be traced into its [[tendon]] of insertion, in the fron... - Chest (3592 bytes)
2: ...ctoralis minor muscle|minor]] pectoral muscles, [[trapezius muscle]]s, [[collarbone]], and [[mammary g...
12: ...trauma) results in up to 1/4 of all deaths due to trauma in the United States {{fn|1}}.
17: ...er part of the sternum, where the seventh or last true ribs join it, the ensiform [[cartilage]] begins...
19: ...e second to the sixth rib vertically and from the edge of the sternum to the mid-axillary line laterally... - Hair (11457 bytes)
2: ...d on plants, the technical term for which is '''[[trichome]]s''' (see for further discussion of plant ...
6: ...War]] men generally had long hair and beards. The trench warfare between [[1914]] and [[1918]] exposed...
11: ...air on the top of the head, and also hair where extremities meet the torso (axillary (arm-pit) hair, a...
19: ...s]] and [[Gorillas]] have the same density and distribution of the eccrine glands, but that they have ...
21: ==Structure== - Glass (26176 bytes)
3: ...[[Old English language|A.S.]] ''glaes''. Germanic tribes used the word ''glaes'' to describe [[amber]]...
9: ...y, with the addition of other compounds or [[heat treatment]].
18: ...-Ball.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|Glass can be made transparent and flat, or into other shapes and color...
20: ...ower than 400 [[nanometre|nm]], also known as [[ultraviolet]] light or UV, to pass. This is due to the...
22: ...ith [[Erbium]], which [[Fiber_amplifier|amplify]] transmitted signals by [[laser]] emission from withi... - Bookbinding (7761 bytes)
1: [[Image:Medieval_book.jpg|right|200px|Illustration of Medieval Bookbinding. Image provided by [...
18: ...ll apart after much handling or several years. [[Trade paperback]]s are more sturdily made, usually l...
22: * A '''sewn book''' is constructed in the same way as a hardbound book, except ...
26: ... each with a line of slits punched near the bound edge. A curled plastic "comb" is fed through the slits...
38: ...rent methods of sewing, such as stab sewing. The traditional method which uses sashes allows the book...
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