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Gliding joints, such as in the carpals of the wrist. These joints allow a wide variety of movement, but not much distance.
Hinge joints, such as the elbow (between the humerus and the ulna).
Origin: Jointed; jointing.
1. The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or junction; junction as, a joint between two pieces of timber; ...
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The joint between the head of the radius and the capitulum of the humerus is an arthrodial joint.
jointed -- When stiff body parts are connected by a soft flexible region, the body is said to be jointed.
librigenae -- The "free cheeks"; separate, detachable portions of the trilobite cephalon. More info?
jointing. Elongation of rice internodes before flowering.
June bearing. A term applied to short-day strawberry cultivars.
juvenile. Immature form of a nematode that hatches from an egg and molts several times before becoming an adult.
jointed appendages
Where the bones that make up the appendage have contacts between them
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karyokinesis
the division of the cell nucleus.
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a coding joint (D-J or V-DJ for heavy chains; V-J for light chains)
a signal joint (usually a loop of DNA deleting all the intervening DNA initially present between the 2 gene segments chosen).
joint
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby
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*Joint Diseases Laboratory, Shriners Hospitals for Children and Departments of Surgery and Medicine, McGill University, 1529 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1A6, Canada, and †Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Montreal, Ste-Hyacinthe, ...
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synovial joint The most movable type of joint. The bones are covered by connective tissue, the interior of which is ?lled with synovial þuid, and the ends of the bones are covered with cartilage.
immovable joint A joint in which the bones interlock and are held together by ?bers or bony processes that prevent the joint from moving; e.g., the bones of the cranium.
culm Hollow, jointed stem of grasses.
cultivar Abbreviation for cultivated variety of plant.
cultural eutrophication An increase in biological productivity and ecosystem succession caused by human activities.
[L. vertebra, joint]
The backbone; in nearly all vertebrates, it forms the supporting axis of the body and protects the spinal cord.
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Symptoms include joint pain, fatigue, and abdominal pain.
There are two different mutations of the gene that causes hemochromatosis (the HFE gene) and the severity of symptoms depends on the mutations that are inherited.
Co-evolution: Joint evolution of two unrelated species that have a close ecological relationship resulting in reciprocal adaptations as happens between host and parasite, and plant and insect.
Symptoms include joint laxity, elastic skin, dislocations. Many forms: autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, X-linked forms. ELSI -- ethical, legal and social implications (of HGP).
Phylum Arthropoda (Jointed Legs)
The Phylum Arthropods (joint footed) has the largest number of species of any group. They are found everywhere....in fresh and salt water, tropics and antarctica, mountains and deserts.
A disease characterized by joint inflammation. Joint injury can be caused by trauma or by the wear and tear of aging. The general term arthritis includes over 100 kinds of diseases, most of which last for life.
Like all arthropods, they have jointed legs and segments for their main body. To keep those legs and segments moving properly, arthropods also have nervous systems that are very advanced. What else? Many arthropods also have an exoskeleton.
Education Program from the Joint Genome Institute develops educational programs and tools, centered on large-scale DNA sequencing and its bioinformatic analysis.
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That's because your body produces interferon to fight the infection so you get fevers, chills, muscle and joint aches.
Complement and antibodies are both components of the immune system that jointly help in fighting infection and foreign tissue. Here, antibody and complement work together to lyse these "foreign" red blood cells.
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Polygonaceae from genus Polygonum‚ plant family characterized by swellings and a ring of bristles at each joint (node) of the stem; the flowers lack petals but the sepals often are colored ...
arthropod - invertebrate animals (phylum Arthropoda) with jointed legs and a hard external skeleton, e.g. insects, spiders, crustaceans and millipedes ...
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Gout A disease characterized by inflammation of the joints and kidneys due to the precipitation of abnormally high levels of sodium urate, a breakdown product of purines.
Arthropod: Any of the invertebrate animals (such as insects, spiders, or crustaceans) having an exoskeleton, a segmented body and jointed limbs.
Leading the video project for the ten university labs and twelve scientists is Dr. Sarah M. Assmann, Professor of Biology, the Pennsylvania State University. The results of the research supported by this joint program will contribute to the ...
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