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Encyclopedia - Ádám Politzer: Encyclopedia - Ádám Politzer
Adam Politzer (Alberti, Hungary, October 1, 1835 – August 10, 1920 in Vienna was an Austrian physician and one of the pioneers and foun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hepatopancreatic Ampulla: Encyclopedia - Hepatopancreatic Ampulla
The hepatopancreatic ampulla, also commonly called the "Ampulla of Vater," is an opening in the wall of the descending duodenum formed by...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 131: Encyclopedia - 131
Events Emperor Hadrian builds the city Aelia Capitolina on the location of Jerusalem Births Galen, anatomist Deaths Category: 131 .....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pancreas: Encyclopedia - Pancreas
The pancreas is an organ that serves two functions: exocrine - it produces pancreatic juice containing digestive enzymes. endocrine - it...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belgium: Encyclopedia - Belgium
The Kingdom of Belgium (Dutch: Koninkrijk België; French: Royaume de Belgique; German: Königreich Belgien) is a country in northwest Eu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fear: Encyclopedia - Fear
Fear is an unpleasant feeling of perceived risk or danger, whether it be real or imagined. Fear also can be described as a feeling of ext...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Hunter Anatomist: Encyclopedia - William Hunter Anatomist
William Hunter (23 May 1718 – 30 March 1783) was a Scottish anatomist and physician. He was born in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Valsalva Maneuver: Encyclopedia - Valsalva Maneuver
A Valsalva maneuver is any attempted exhalation against a closed glottis or against a closed mouth and nose. It is also known as Valsalva...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vesalius: Encyclopedia - Vesalius
Andreas Vesalius (December 31, 1514 - October 15, 1564) was a Flemish anatomist and author of one of the most influential books on human ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Electrochemistry: Encyclopedia - Electrochemistry
Electrochemistry is a branch of chemistry and studies the reactions that can take place at the interface of an electronic conductor (the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clitoris: Encyclopedia - Clitoris
The clitoris (plural: clitorides) is a sexual organ in the body of female mammals. The visible knob-like portion is located near the ante...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bonobo: Encyclopedia - Bonobo
The Bonobo (Pan paniscus), until recently usually called the Pygmy Chimpanzee and less often the Dwarf or Gracile Chimpanzee, is one of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thyroid: Encyclopedia - Thyroid
The thyroid is one of the larger endocrine glands in the body. It is located in the neck and produces hormones, principally thyroxine and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 250 Bc: Encyclopedia - 250 Bc
Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC - 250s BC - 240s BC 230s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paul Pierre Broca: Encyclopedia Ii - Paul Pierre Broca - Education And Research
Broca was a prodigy as a child, holding baccalaureate degrees simultaneously in literature, mathematics, and physics. He entered medical ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belgium: Encyclopedia Ii - Belgium - History
Over the past two millennia, the area that is now known as Belgium has seen significant demographic, political and cultural upheavals. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ádám Politzer: Encyclopedia Ii - Ádám Politzer - Life
Adam Politzer was born in Albertirsa, near the city of Budapest, to a well-to-do Jewish family. He studied medicine in the University of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Bell: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Bell - Life
Bell lived and studied in Edinburgh, where he got his medical degree in 1799. He and his brother had extraordinary drawing talents, and t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moa: Encyclopedia Ii - Moa - Claims By Cryptozoologists
Though there is no reasonable doubt that the Moa is extinct, there has been occasional speculation that some may still exist in deepest s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clitoris: Encyclopedia Ii - Clitoris - Development And Formation
The female clitoris corresponds to homologous parts of the male penis, i.e., embryologically it comes from the same tissue that forms the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leonardo Da Vinci: Encyclopedia Ii - Leonardo Da Vinci - Life
Leonardo da Vinci - Personal life. The first known biography of Leonardo was published in 1550 by Giorgio Vasari who wrote Vite de' piu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chromosome: Encyclopedia Ii - Chromosome - Chromosomal Aberrations
Some chromosome abnormalities do not cause disease in carriers, such as translocations, or chromosomal inversions, although they may lead...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paul Pierre Broca: Encyclopedia Ii - Paul Pierre Broca - Education And Research
Broca was a prodigy as a child, holding baccalaureate degrees simultaneously in literature, mathematics, and physics. He entered medical ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pancreas: Encyclopedia Ii - Pancreas - Function
The pancreas produces enzymes that break down all categories of digestible foods (exocrine pancreas) and secretes hormones that affect ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antonio Maria Valsalva: Encyclopedia Ii - Antonio Maria Valsalva - Background
Valsalva lived during the baroque period and was the contemporary of great men such as Isaac Newton, the composer Bach, and Molière, who...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arthur St. Clair: Encyclopedia Ii - Arthur St. Clair - Revolutionary War
After this event St. Clair broke with the British government and, in January, 1776, took a commission in the Continental Army, as a Colon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Astley Cooper: Encyclopedia Ii - Astley Cooper - Life
Cooper was born at the village of Brooke in Norfolk on August 23, 1768. His father, Dr. Samuel Cooper, was a clergyman of the Church of E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albert Von Kölliker: Encyclopedia Ii - Albert Von Kölliker - Works
Kolliker made contributions to the study of zoology. His earlier efforts were directed to the invertebrates, and his memoir on the develo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Valsalva Maneuver: Encyclopedia Ii - Valsalva Maneuver - General Uses
The Valsalva maneuver is used as a pressure equalisation technique by scuba divers and airplane passengers to avoid barotrauma and discom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Evolutionary Thought: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Evolutionary Thought - From Ancient Times To 1850s
See also History of creationism and Evolutionism. The idea of biological evolution was supported in ancient times, notably among Hellenis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vesalius: Encyclopedia Ii - Vesalius - Early Life And Education
Vesalius was born in Brussels, then in the Holy Roman Empire, to a family of physicians. His father, Andries van Wesel, was the illegitim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Body Worlds: Encyclopedia Ii - Body Worlds - Controversies
The shows have been surrounded by controversy for a number of reasons. Von Hagens prepared some "artistic" exhibits, such as a man carryi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thyroid: Encyclopedia Ii - Thyroid - Physiology
The primary function of the thyroid is production of the hormones thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3), and calcitonin. Up to 40% of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dalian: Encyclopedia Ii - Dalian - History
Part of the State of Yan in the Spring and Autumn Period, a minor fishing village Ch'ing-ni-wa became a small town in the 1880s, when the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grafton Elliot Smith: Encyclopedia Ii - Grafton Elliot Smith - Professional Career
He was awarded a degree in medicine at the university of Sydney (Doctor of Medicine in 1895, with a dissertation on the fore-brain of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fear: Encyclopedia Ii - Fear - Degrees Of Fear
Fear can be described by different terms in accordance with its relative degrees. Fear covers a number of terms - terror, fright, paranoi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hunterian Museum And Art Gallery: Encyclopedia Ii - Hunterian Museum And Art Gallery - The Museum And Gallery's Current Facilites
The collections of the museum distributed across a number of buildings around the campus: Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery - The Hunteri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Danes: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Danes - Sciences
List of Danes - Pure and Applied Mathematics. Harald Bohr A. K. Erlang, engineer, industrial and systems engineer Thomas Fincke, (1561...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clitoris: Encyclopedia Ii - Clitoris - Development And Formation
The female clitoris corresponds to homologous parts of the male penis, i.e., embryologically it comes from the same tissue that forms the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - West Port Murders: Encyclopedia Ii - West Port Murders - Spree
By 1827, Burke and his mistress, Helen MacDougal, were regular tenants at Hare's lodging house in Edinburgh. It is not known whether the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samuel Thomas Von Sömmering: Encyclopedia Ii - Samuel Thomas Von Sömmering - Career
Samuel Thomas Sömmering was the ninth child of the physician Johann Thomas Sömmering. In 1774 he completed his education in Thorn and b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bonobo: Encyclopedia Ii - Bonobo - Psychological Characteristics
Professor Frans de Waal, one of the world's leading primatologists, avers that the Bonobo is often capable of altruism, compassion, empat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gideon Mantell: Encyclopedia Ii - Gideon Mantell - Giant Iguana-like Teeth
Gideon Mantell was born in Lewes, Sussex. He was a dedicated and hard-working obstetrician, physician and surgeon who regularly saw dozen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Electrochemistry: Encyclopedia Ii - Electrochemistry - Principles
Electrochemistry - Oxidation and Reduction. The elements involved in an electrochemical reaction are characterized by the number of ele...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gunther Von Hagens: Encyclopedia Ii - Gunther Von Hagens - Biography
He was born under the name Gunther Liebchen in Poznan, Poland. His father Gerhard Liebchen had been a Nazi official who served in the SS....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Danes: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Danes - Historical Figures
List of Danes - Government statesmanship. Absalon, (c. 1128-1201) Fredrik Bajer, (1837-1922), pacifist politician Ritt Bjerregaard, fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Danes: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Danes - Sports
List of Danes - Badminton. Svend Pri, men's single, All England master 1975. Lene Køppen, women's single, World champion 1977, All En...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Body Worlds: Encyclopedia Ii - Body Worlds - Notable Exhibits
Body Worlds - The Basketball Player. Compared to the other plastinates, the donor of the body for this exhibit had the greatest muscle ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Danes: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Danes - Arts And Culture
List of Danes - Sculpture and Painting. See also List of Danish painters Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard, (1744-1809), painter Else Alfelt,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Body Worlds: Encyclopedia Ii - Body Worlds - Exhibition Schedule
Includes past, present, and future exhibitions Body Worlds - Original Exhibit. Japan, various cities, beginning in Tokyo (September 14...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Danes: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Danes - Faroe Islanders And Greenlanders
List of Danes - Faroe Islanders. Niels Finsen, physician, Nobel Prize (1903) List of Danes - Greenlanders. Rasmus Lerdorf, creator...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belgium: Encyclopedia Ii - Belgium - Demographics
The population density (342 per km²) is one of the highest in Europe, after the Netherlands and some smaller countries such as Monaco. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belgium: Encyclopedia Ii - Belgium - Geography
Belgium, with an area of 30,528 km², has three main geographical regions: the coastal plain in the north-west, the central plateau,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - West Port Murders: Encyclopedia Ii - West Port Murders - In Popular Culture
The West Port murders have entered the timeless culture of children’s folklore. Threats of visits from Burke and Hare are used by some ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - West Port Murders: Encyclopedia Ii - West Port Murders - Detection
Next day Ann Gray became suspicious when Burke would not let her approach a bed where she had left her stockings. When the Grays were lef...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dalian: Encyclopedia Ii - Dalian - Miscellaneous
Dalian is considered a "model city" from which other urban planning in China is to be inspired. Dalian is a sister city of Kitakyūshū (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dalian: Encyclopedia Ii - Dalian - Beaches
Beaches are an important part of cultural life in the coastal city. The beaches in Dalian are not only indispensable for sightseers, they...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bonobo: Encyclopedia Ii - Bonobo - Name
One theory on the origin of the name "Bonobo" is that it is a misspelling of the name of the town of Bolobo on the Congo river. A more li...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chromosome: Encyclopedia Ii - Chromosome - Chromatin
Two types of chromatin can be distinguished: Euchromatin, which consists of DNA that is active, e.g., expressed as protein. Heterochroma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chromosome: Encyclopedia Ii - Chromosome - Chromosomes In Bacteria
Bacterial chromosomes are often circular but sometimes linear. Some bacteria have one chromosome, while others have a few. Bacterial DNA ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gunther Von Hagens: Encyclopedia Ii - Gunther Von Hagens - Legal Accusations
Von Hagens has a guest professorship from Dalian Medical University and a honorary professorship from Bishkek State Medical Academy. In p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hunterian Museum And Art Gallery: Encyclopedia Ii - Hunterian Museum And Art Gallery - The History Of The Museum
The museum first opened in 1807, in a specially constructed building off the High Street, adjoining the original campus of the University...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chromosome: Encyclopedia Ii - Chromosome - Number Of Chromosomes In Different Species
Normal members of a particular species all have the same number of chromosomes (see the table). Asexually reproducing species have one se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belgium: Encyclopedia Ii - Belgium - Communities And Regions
The country's constitution was revised on 14 July 1993 to create a unique federal state, based on three levels: The federal government, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Bell: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Bell - Works
Charles Bell was a highly proficuous researcher and author. He first published detailed studies of the nervous system and brain in 1811, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bonobo: Encyclopedia Ii - Bonobo - Closeness To Humanity
DNA evidence suggests that the Bonobo and Common Chimpanzee species have stayed apart for about 5 million years. The two species separate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dalian: Encyclopedia Ii - Dalian - Cultural Life
Every September Dalian hosts the Dalian International Fashion Festival. This festival is a chance for many major foreign companies to sho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Danes: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Danes - Humanities
List of Danes - Linguistics Philology and Folklore. Ada Adler, (1878-1946) Otto Jespersen, (1860-1943) Louis Hjelmslev, (1899-1955) Jo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dalian: Encyclopedia Ii - Dalian - Economy
A new harbor for oil tankers, at the terminus of an oil pipeline from the Daqing oilfields, was completed in 1976. Dalian is the largest ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dalian: Encyclopedia Ii - Dalian - Subdivisions
The city administrates 6 districts, 3 county-level cities, and 1 county. Ganjingzi, Zhongshan, Xigang, Shahekou make up the urban centre....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dalian: Encyclopedia Ii - Dalian - Geography
One of the most heavily developed industrial areas of China, the Dalian administrative district today consists of Dalian proper and the s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vesalius: Encyclopedia Ii - Vesalius - De Corporis Fabrica
In 1543, Vesalius published the seven-volume De humani corporis fabrica (On the fabric of the human body), a groundbreaking work of human...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fear: Encyclopedia Ii - Fear - Cause Of Fear
See also: mass hysteria The causes of fear can vary to a surprising degree; fear is to a certain extent a "cultural artefact" (Clifford G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fear: Encyclopedia Ii - Fear - Expression
Fear - Facial. In fear, ones eyes widen and the upper lip rises. The brows draw together and the lips stretch horizontally. ... See a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clitoris: Encyclopedia Ii - Clitoris - Body Modification
Main article: genital modification and mutilation The external part of the clitoris may be partially or totally removed during female cir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gideon Mantell: Encyclopedia Ii - Gideon Mantell - Recognition
He tried in vain to convince his peers that the fossils were from Mesozoic strata by carefully studying rock layers. Sir Richard Owen fam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gideon Mantell: Encyclopedia Ii - Gideon Mantell - Later Years
In 1833 Mantell relocated to Brighton, but his medical practice suffered and he was almost rendered destitute, but for the town's council...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Evolutionary Thought: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Evolutionary Thought - 1940s-1960s: Developments Following Molecular Biology
In the 1940s, following up on Griffith's experiment, Avery, McCleod and McCarty definitively identified deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) as th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Evolutionary Thought: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Evolutionary Thought - 1920s-1940s: The Modern Evolutionary Synthesis
Main article: Modern evolutionary synthesis These questions of interpretation were not settled until the early 20th century, beginning wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Evolutionary Thought: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Evolutionary Thought - 1850s - Early 20th Century: Darwin's Theory
Main articles: Inception of Darwin's theory, Development of Darwin's theory, Publication of Darwin's theory, Reaction to Darwin's theory ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clitoris: Encyclopedia Ii - Clitoris - Recognition Of Existence
Medical literature first recognised the existence of the clitoris in the 16th century. This is the subject of some dispute: Realdo Colomb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bonobo: Encyclopedia Ii - Bonobo - Name
One theory on the origin of the name "Bonobo" is that it is a misspelling of the name of the town of Bolobo on the Congo river. A more li...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belgium: Encyclopedia Ii - Belgium - Demographics
The population density (342 per km²) is one of the highest in Europe, after the Netherlands and some smaller countries such as Monaco. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belgium: Encyclopedia Ii - Belgium - Economy
Densely populated, Belgium is located at the heart of one of the world's most highly industrialised regions. Belgium was the first contin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belgium: Encyclopedia Ii - Belgium - Culture
Belgian cultural life has tended to concentrate within each community. The shared element is less important, because there are no bilingu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belgium: Encyclopedia Ii - Belgium - Politics
Belgium is a constitutional popular monarchy and parliamentary democracy that evolved after World War II from a unitary state to a federa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belgium: Encyclopedia Ii - Belgium - Geography
Belgium, with an area of 30,528 km², has three main geographical regions: the coastal plain in the north-west, the central plateau,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belgium: Encyclopedia Ii - Belgium - Communities And Regions
The country's constitution was revised on 14 July 1993 to create a unique federal state, based on three levels: The federal government, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Evolutionary Thought: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Evolutionary Thought - 1960s-1980s: Williams Revolution Punctuated Equilibrium
Coined after the evolutionary biologist, George C. Williams, the Williams revolution is a paradigm shift which occurred in evolutionary b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Evolutionary Thought: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Evolutionary Thought - 1970s-2000s: Evolutionary Biology As A Discipline
Evolutionary biology as an academic discipline in its own right emerged as a result of the modern evolutionary synthesis in the 1930s and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thyroid: Encyclopedia Ii - Thyroid - Anatomy
Thyroid - Gross anatomy. The thyroid is situated on the front side of the neck at the level of C5 to T1 vertebral bodies, just below th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thyroid: Encyclopedia Ii - Thyroid - Diseases Of The Thyroid Gland
Hyper- and hypofunction: Hypothyroidism Hashimoto's thyroiditis / thyroiditis Ord's thyroiditis Postoperative hypothyroidism Postpartum...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thyroid: Encyclopedia Ii - Thyroid - Diagnosis
The measurement of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels is often used by doctors as a screening test. Elevated TSH levels can signify...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vesalius: Encyclopedia Ii - Vesalius - Imperial Physician And Death
Soon after publication, Vesalius was invited as Imperial physician to the court of Emperor Charles V. He informed the Venetian Senate tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Astley Cooper: Encyclopedia Ii - Astley Cooper - Works
Sir Cooper's greatest contribution has probably been in the field of vascular surgery, particularly on cerebral circulation. He was the f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albert Von Kölliker: Encyclopedia Ii - Albert Von Kölliker - Life
Albert Kölliker was born in Zurich, Switzerland. His early education was carried on in Zurich, and he entered the university there in 18...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pancreas: Encyclopedia Ii - Pancreas - Anatomy
The pancreas is an organ located posterior to the stomach and in close association with the duodenum. In humans the pancreas is a small e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thyroid: Encyclopedia Ii - Thyroid - Treatment
Thyroid - Medical treatment. Levothyroxine is a stereoisomer of thyroxine which is degraded much slower and can be administered once da...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ádám Politzer: Encyclopedia Ii - Ádám Politzer - Works
Politzer was a prolific inventor of new medical devices for the diagnosis and treatment of ear diseases. He developed several surgical in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leonardo Da Vinci: Encyclopedia Ii - Leonardo Da Vinci - Art
Leonardo pioneered new painting techniques in many of his pieces. One of them, a colour shading technique called "Chiaroscuro", used a se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Evolutionary Thought: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Evolutionary Thought - Unconventional Extensions To Evolutionary Ideas
History of evolutionary thought - De Chardin's and Huxley's theories. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Julian Huxley formulated theories ...   » Read the article