2.A major route of transportation into which local routes flow:Traffic was heavy on the central artery. [Middle Englisharterie, from Latinartēria, from Greekartēriā,windpipe, artery; seewer-inIndo-European roots.] Word History:The changed meaning of the wordarteryprovides a glimpse into the ...
2.A major route of transportation into which local routes flow:Traffic was heavy on the central artery. [Middle Englisharterie, from Latinartēria, from Greekartēriā,windpipe, artery; seewer-inIndo-European roots.] Word History:The changed meaning of the wordarteryprovides a glimpse into the ...
Interoception, the ability to timely and precisely sense changes inside the body, is critical for survival1,2,3,4. Vagal sensory neurons (VSNs) form an important body-to-brain connection, navigating visceral organs along the rostral–caudal axis of the body and crossing the surface–lumen axis...
Efforts have been made to limit its meaning to tuberculosis or malaria, but it is more likely to refer to the whole group of wasting diseases, including esp. dysentery in its several forms. Deafness may be partial or complete. There are several general areas that may be involved in deafness...
From: Dys” meaning bad, faulty or wrong, and “ponos” meaning effort, work or energy (Whatmore and Kohli, 1974) [ii] A meso-break is a 10 to 90 second break that consists of a change in work position, movement or a structured activity such as stretching that automatically relaxes ...
These digital distractions cause people to respond to twice as many devices with half of our attention- a process labeled semi-tasking’ -meaning getting twice as much done and half as well. We now check our phones an average of 96 times a day – that is once every 10 minutes and an ...
Located inferior to the diaphragm, above and to the left of the cardia, is the dome-shaped fundus. Below the fundus is the body, the main part of the stomach. The funnel-shaped pylorus connects the stomach to the duodenum. The wider end of the funnel, the pyloric antrum, connects to ...
[i]Dysponesis involves misplaced muscle activities or efforts that are usually covert and do not add functionally to the movement. From: Dys” meaning bad, faulty or wrong, and “ponos” meaning effort, work or energy (Whatmore and Kohli, 1974) ...
The diaphragm has inertia, so is both hard to get moving and hard to stop. And the diaphragm suspension has both hysteresis, meaning it never quite returns to its original resting position, and non-linearity, meaning it doesn't exactly follow the input signal. As a result, a bass driver ...
1.A muscle that separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity. As the diaphragm contracts and expands, it forces air into and out of the lungs. 2.A thin, flexible disk, especially in a microphone or telephone receiver, that vibrates in response to sound waves to produce electrical ...