Home Forum Dictionary Articles Tutorials Books Directory Share your work


Edit page | Page history | Printable version

Dictionary » A » Accessory

Accessory

Accessory

in anatomy, denoting certain muscles, nerves, glands, etc. That are auxiliary or supernumerary to some similar, generally more important thing.

Synonym: accessorius.

Origin: L. Accessorius, fr. Ac-cedo, pp. -cessus, to move toward Relating to something that is added but is not essential; an ancillary pump; an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism; The mind and emotions are auxilliary to each other.


Please contribute to this project, if you have more information about this term feel free to edit this page



Results from our forum


HIV and where to know more about it

... of programs that can tell which resistant mutations has HIV isolate from a patient, predict the development of other resistant mutations (such as accessory mutations) and so on. Since I’m studying bioinformatics and am familiar with methods of mutation analysis I became interested in this science ...

See entire post
by Karbofos
Mon Sep 19, 2011 5:46 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: HIV and where to know more about it
Replies: 1
Views: 1743

Absorption Spectra of Aquatic Plants

... called pheophytin. All of the pigments are involved, in some way, to the photosynthetic process. The non-chlorophyll pigments are called "accessory pigments" and play an indirect yet important role in photosynthesis. The pigments found closet to the origin at the bottom of the piece ...

See entire post
by Nina666
Fri Aug 12, 2011 1:40 pm
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Absorption Spectra of Aquatic Plants
Replies: 3
Views: 7015

Re: Theories - Origin of Life

... articulated bones, as has been suggested1, 2, 3, but rather acts as part of a functional unit of manipulation. The radial sesamoid bone and the accessory carpal bone form a double pincer-like apparatus in the medial and lateral sides of the hand, respectively, enabling the panda to manipulate ...

See entire post
by scottie
Mon May 09, 2011 9:44 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Theories - Origin of Life
Replies: 548
Views: 534379

Re: Theories - Origin of Life

... articulated bones, as has been suggested 1, 2, 3, but rather acts as part of a functional unit of manipulation. The radial sesamoid bone and the accessory carpal bone form a double pincer-like apparatus in the medial and lateral sides of the hand, respectively, enabling the panda to manipulate ...

See entire post
by scottie
Fri Apr 22, 2011 12:25 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Theories - Origin of Life
Replies: 548
Views: 534379

Why do chromosomal deletions occur more at certain regions?

... out or stays looped during DNA strand synthesis and is not replicated) can happen more easily. Nucleosomes keep the DNA tightly packaged, and the accessory proteins and regulatory RNA protect the DNA.

See entire post
by kolean
Thu Jan 13, 2011 2:52 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Why do chromosomal deletions occur more at certain regions?
Replies: 1
Views: 1103
View all matching forum results

This page was last modified 21:16, 3 October 2005. This page has been accessed 2,878 times. 
What links here | Related changes | Permanent link