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Convoluted

Convoluted --> convolute

Said of parts rolled or twisted together when in an undeveloped stage, as in some corollas in the bud stage.


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Re: Bible vs Darwin

... many obvious flaws in religious though and writing, really took a jump. I now had others who thought like I did, but weren't trying to cram the convoluted peg of religion into the very different shaped hole of reality. But I still had 'faith' that there was a god out there. It took a long time ...

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by Corax
Mon Jun 02, 2008 7:28 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Bible vs Darwin
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Brain size=IQ level theory (Blacks vs Whites & Asians)

... Analysis of brain weight: I & II. Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 104, 635-645. Hofman, M. A. (1991). The fractal geometry of convoluted brains. Journal fur Hirnforschung, 32, 103-111. Hooton, E. A. (1939). The American criminal (Vol. 1). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ...

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by TJJ
Fri May 16, 2008 12:14 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Brain size=IQ level theory (Blacks vs Whites & Asians)
Replies: 18
Views: 12460

Re: Brain size=IQ level theory (Blacks vs Whites & Asians)

... grams, 1/16 = 1,191 grams, 1/8 = 1,335 grams, 1/4 = 1,340 grams, to 1/2 = 1,347 grams. Bean also reported that the 103 Negro brains were less convoluted than were 49 White brains and that Whites had a proportionately larger genus to splenium ratio (front to back part of corpus callosum), implying ...

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by TJJ
Fri May 16, 2008 12:13 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Brain size=IQ level theory (Blacks vs Whites & Asians)
Replies: 18
Views: 12460

Re: What is the primary energy source for cells?

... are membrane-bound organelles, and like the nucleus have a double membrane. The outer membrane is fairly smooth. But the inner membrane is highly convoluted, forming folds (cristae) as seen in the cross-section, above. The cristae greatly increase the inner membrane's surface area. It is on these ...

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by MichaelXY
Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:30 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What is the primary energy source for cells?
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Views: 2832

urinary system question.

... test. i know this: the glomerous is a knot of capillares that filters out small molecules from the blood. it gets out most of them. the proximal convoluted tubule is where reabsorption of filtrate components occur. the loop of henle (or nephron) consists of a descending limb that allows water ...

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by ecsezandohs
Mon Nov 12, 2007 5:48 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: urinary system question.
Replies: 3
Views: 950
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