Score: 4.6/5 (24 votes) Memory for stimulus sequences distinguishes humans from other animals. Summary: Humans possess many cognitive abilities not seen in other animals, such as a full-blown language capacity as well as reasoning and planning abilities.What makes human different from animals accord...
Score: 4.8/5 (46 votes) What is a saddle pulmonary embolism? Saddle PE is when a large blood clot (thrombus) gets stuck where the main pulmonary artery branches off into a Y-shape to go into each lung. The name refers to the fact that the clot “saddles” on top of both branch arteries.What causes a s...
Score: 4.2/5 (55 votes) Tertian and quartan fevers are due to the cyclic lysis of red blood cells that occurs as trophozoites complete their cycle in erythrocytes every 2 or 3 days, respectively. P malariae causes quartan fever; P vivax and P ovale cause the benign form of tertian fever, and P falci...
Score: 4.5/5 (53 votes) [ găs′trə-rā′jə ] n. Hemorrhage from the stomach.What is meant by gastrostomy?Medical Definition of gastrostomy1 : the surgical formation of an opening through the abdominal wall into the stomach. 2 : the opening made by gastrostomy.What is a Enterorrhaphy?n. the surgical pro...
Score: 4.1/5 (68 votes) F-Pilus Structure and Biosynthesis. Bacterial conjugation is a contact-dependent horizontal gene transfer mechanism that involves a conjugative pilus associated with a T4SS.Does conjugation use a pilus?During conjugation, a pilus emerging from the donor bacterium ensnares the...
Score: 4.3/5 (40 votes) Pishon. The Pishon (Hebrew: פִּישׁוֹן Pîšōn) is one of four rivers (along with Hiddekel (Tigris), Phrath (Euphrates) and Gihon) mentioned in the Biblical Book of Genesis. In that passage, these rivers are described as arising within the Garden of Eden. The Pishon is describe...
Score: 4.9/5 (38 votes) The verb 'to forgive' is an irregular one. However, the past tense is 'forgAVE' while the past participle is 'forgivEN'. It should not be confused with the present participle, 'forgiving' They are pronounced differently and are used dif...
Score: 4.2/5 (18 votes) Virus-first hypothesis: Viruses evolved from complex molecules of protein and nucleic acid before cells first appeared on earth. By this hypothesis, viruses contributed to the rise of cellular life.What came first cells or viruses?Viruses did not evolve first, they found. Ins...
Score: 4.7/5 (20 votes) Euglena is a genus of single-celled eukaryotic organisms found in stagnant freshwater such as ponds and lakes, forming a visible green (or sometimes red) scum on the surface. When scientists refer to Euglena, they're often talking about the model species Euglena gracilis...
Score: 4.8/5 (16 votes) DDR3 is not backwards compatible with DDR2. While both types of modules have similar numbers of pins, the notches in the PCB are in different locations. In other words, a DDR3 module cannot be placed in a DDR2 memory socket, and vice-versa.Can you use DDR2 in a DDR3 slot?It w...
