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Flex

to bend; to move a joint in such a direction as to approximate the two parts which it connects.

Origin: L. Flecto, pp. Flexus, to bend


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testing for the presence of Pyramidalis muscle

... Such as palmaris longus for example and pyramidalis. A test to see if someone has palmaris longus is to oppose your thumb to your pinky and flex your wrist. If there are two tendons present, one is the palmaris longus muscle tendon. My supervising therapist gave me an assignment. After looking ...

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by spozzy
Thu Nov 13, 2008 2:51 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: testing for the presence of Pyramidalis muscle
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What is this thing?

... end, right-? The triangular end seemed to be the head end. It was feeling around with it and moving with that in front. Occasionally it would flex it's head around in a manta ray style for whatever reason, really cool looking. It had some dark lines running lengthwise down it that are hard ...

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by fizix314
Sat Apr 07, 2007 7:28 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: What is this thing?
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Views: 837

cool parasite video of snail getting takenover by fluke worm

... the stripes are actual larvae (the snail is where lots of larvae get produced), which express different colors to produce the contrast, and then flex to produce the pulsing. The snail's skin is transparent enough for the larvae to show through, especially as stretched as it is.

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by Darby
Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:29 pm
 
Forum: Biology Movies
Topic: cool parasite video of snail getting takenover by fluke worm
Replies: 6
Views: 8413

Erythrocytes, cell of not?

... ribosomes; advantages of biconcave shape include increased surface area for carrying oxygen in the bloodstream, can form stacks, and can bend and flex. In the beginning (hemopoiesis - erythropoiesis), a hemopoetic stem cell differentiates into a proerythroblast, and steps which follow are those ...

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by chemistry_freako
Tue Jul 12, 2005 3:12 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Erythrocytes, cell of not?
Replies: 60
Views: 8721


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