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Parietal

parietal

1. (Science: anatomy) Of or pertaining to the walls of a cavity.

2. Pertaining to or located near the parietal bone, as the parietal lobe.


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Re: "Twenty questions"-biology game

ECLs are cells of the fundus of the stomach. They contain high amount of histamine and release it in order to activate the acid-producing parietal cells

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by joodi
Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:03 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "Twenty questions"-biology game
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Re: Subspecies comparison of the Genus: Corucia

... C. z. zebrata (maximum body length, not including tail, of 310 mm vs. 340 mm for zebrata), and as having bright yellow irises. They also have more parietal scales than zebrata (>7 vs. 5-6 for zebrata). So the type you have been calling alfredschmidti (which are significantly *larger* than zebrata, ...

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by Celeste
Thu Dec 18, 2008 8:39 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Subspecies comparison of the Genus: Corucia
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Analysis: Corucia ssp. integrades ?

... hybrid would be identified by a mixed combination of features some from one subspecies and some from another such as Scleral color, mixture in parietal scales, body scalation, etc. Track C Conclusion: Could Captive bred subspecies integrades of Corucia exist? A possibility. A documented case ...

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by Brian - LCRC
Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:16 am
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: Analysis: Corucia ssp. integrades ?
Replies: 2
Views: 1997

Vagus Nerve

... release which binds to (CCK-2) receptors, which also increase activity of the proton pump (bind to H2 receptors - causes increased Ca2+ in parietal cell)... Vagal nerve activity also increases activity of proton pump (but it has a different mechanism - directly via activation of mACh) receptors ...

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by Revenged
Sat Sep 15, 2007 10:45 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Vagus Nerve
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Curious as to what this is.

... marked is around the whereabouts of where auditory data is processed, which would make sense, and that the other point is somewhere within the Parietal Lobe.

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by umop-3p!sdn
Fri Apr 20, 2007 8:00 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Curious as to what this is.
Replies: 3
Views: 924
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