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open skull fracture

A fracture with laceration of overlying scalp and/or mucous membrane.

Synonym: compound skull fracture.


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Re: Theories - Origin of Life

... the other. They have a docking site shaped to fit a specific substance, so that when the particular substance docks, the other end of the protein opens to allow the cargo through. As you should already know this activity is just a very small part of the protective wall surrounding even the simplest ...

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by scottie
Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:16 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Theories - Origin of Life
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Views: 29891

Re: Theories - Origin of Life

... the other. They have a docking site shaped to fit a specific substance, so that when the particular substance docks, the other end of the protein opens to allow the cargo through. As you should already know this activity is just a very small part of the protective wall surrounding even the simplest ...

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by scottie
Mon Jul 25, 2011 3:16 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Theories - Origin of Life
Replies: 270
Views: 29891

Theories - Origin of Life

... food/water pathway don't cross each other. Avian respiratory anatomy and physiology is kind of complicated but I'll give it a shot. The windpipe opens at the base of the tongue where debris isn't trapped easily like the back of our pharynx. A system of air sacs then direct air through the lung ...

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by BDDVM
Wed Apr 13, 2011 12:30 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Theories - Origin of Life
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Re: Muscle Contractions

... You have the general idea with the nerve pulse and Ach release into the neuromuscular junction... Once the Ach binds to its nicotinic receptor, it opens ligand gated channels for Na+ diffusion into muscular cell. This gives it enough "voltage" to reach its threshold which initiates an ...

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by Jpoley
Tue Mar 01, 2011 2:42 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Muscle Contractions
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Views: 475

passive active transport, h2o transport tree, bacteria, exam

... of thermodynamics that active is not spontanous but passive is. i also threw in that active transport gives rise to the membrane potential which opens and closes some protein channels. My teacher gave me 1.5/3 and his reasoning was that i did not bring up endo and exocytos. I stated that that ...

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by Zamzen
Mon Oct 18, 2010 9:25 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: passive active transport, h2o transport tree, bacteria, exam
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