10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FURCULUM»
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furculum in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Curmudgeon in Corduroy: The Best of Jerry Flemmons' Texas
If. You. Wish. upon. a. Furculum. When seeking current wisdom on poultry parts,
one naturally turns to Texas A&M University, which employs Professors of
Chickens. The Aggies know farm animals. "Expediency," explained Dr. Sarah
Birkhold, ...
2
Transactions of the Zoological Society of London
The same confusion, as it were, of conditions is seen in the furculum (PI. XXXVIII.
/r. & PI. XLI. fig.4,/r.) ; and this is of great importance, for it may be said to be an
extremely mobile bone as to form. True to the marvellous uniformity of structure in
...
3
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
The furculum of A'rcheopteryw (Plate IV. fig. 1) presents the proportional strength,
thickness, and span of the arch which characterize the diurnal Raptores (ib. fig. 3)
: but the piers or crura do not arch into one another below by so open a curve; ...
4
The Ecology of Soil Decomposition
Below the abdomen, there is a furculum which hooks into the tenaculum in the
third segment. It is unhooked and released by strong muscular contraction of the
furculum which makes it spring back and outwards. This propels the individual to
a ...
5
The Bridgewater Treatises on the Power, Wisdom and Goodness ...
Three bones converge here, to the shoulder joint, the furculum, clavicle, and
scapula ; but none of these have the resemblance which their names would imply
. The scapula is the long thin bone, like the blade of a knife ; and the clavicle is
that ...
Francis Henry Egerton Earl of Bridgewater, 1836
6
Charles Darwin's Collection (18 Books):
The arms ofthefurcula in allthe specimens which I compared, diverged less,
proportionally withthe size of body, than in therock pigeon; and the whole
furculum was proportionally shorter.Thus in a Runt,which measured fromtip to
tipofwings 38 ...
7
Evolution of the Insects
The other central images depict defining features of the order: the collophore and
the "spring," the latter formed of the furculum and the retinaculum. Not to same
scale. mandible 4.2. Basic head and mouthpart morphology of insects, illustrated.
David Grimaldi, Michael S. Engel, 2005
8
The Northernmost Ruins of the Globe
Fish cranium fragment 4 Brent/barnacle goose cranium parietal L 1 Brent/
barnacle goose cervical complete 1 Brent/barnacle goose furculum fragment
Brent/barnacle goose sternum fragment 1 Brent/barnacle goose scapula prox. L
juvenile 1 ...
Bjarne Grønnow, Jens Fog Jensen, 2003
9
The Hand: Its Mechanism and Vital Endowments as Evincing Design
bone, ilike'the blade of a knife; and the clavicle is that stronger portion of bone
which is articulated with the breast bone; this leaves the furculum as a new part.
Now I think that the furculum, or fork bone, which, in carving, we detach after ...
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The Hand, Its Mechanism and Vital Endowments as Evincing Design
The scapula is the long thin bone, like the blade of a knife; and the clavicle is that
stronger portion of bone which is articulated with the breast bone; this leaves the
furculum as a new part. Now I think that the furculum, or fork bone, which, ...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FURCULUM»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
furculum is used in the context of the following news items.
Springtails in nurseries
If you catch one and look at it with a hand lens, they have a forked appendage (furculum) on the rear of their abdomen. Normally a springtail ... «Michigan State University Extension, Aug 14»
Coprophagy and snow fleas explained
Hinged at the back, each furculum is folded forward and held with another structure that looks a lot like a jewelry clasp. When the springtail ... «Glens Falls Post-Star, Jan 14»
Why the National Bank of Ethiopia Ought to Embrace Predictability
For them, central bank secretiveness ought to be the furculum of a stable monetary regime. Their stance has some truth in it. The effectiveness ... «Addis Fortune, Oct 13»
