10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MEGACEPHALY»
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1
The Biology of Wetas, King Crickets and Their Allies
The most bizarre form of megacephaly is found in the species of Licodia from
islands in the Caribbean. Adult males have asymmetrical crania, in which the left
side is greatly distended laterally (Fig. 10.2A-G). As a result, the left mandibular ...
2
The Ecology, Exploitation and Conservation of River Turtles
Megacephaly (a mollusk-eating adaptation consisting of enlarged head and jaw
musculature) is rare in populations of Emydura below 26° latitude, but
progressively increases to the north and west, culminating in E. victoriae in
extreme ...
Don Moll Professor of Biology Southwest Missouri State University, Edward O. Moll Professor of Zoology Eastern Illinois University (Emeritus), 2004
3
3D-4D Ultrasound in Obstetrics (edición Inglés)
Ultrasound presumptive diagnosis is based on: - Megacephaly [Figs. 2-4] with
cloverleaf-shaped skull [Figs. 2, 10, 1 1] and progressive hydrocephaly. -
Hypoplastic thorax that is disproportionately small in relation to. 245
THANATOPHORIC ...
4
The Dictionary of Psychology
MEG See MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY. megacephaly 1. A condition in
which the head is ahnormally large. May he congenital or acquired. Also known
as macrocephalia. macrocephaly, megacephalia. megalencephaly,
megalocephalia.
Progress in understanding relationships within the genus Emydura has been
impeded by failure to recognize a biological phenomenon for which I now use the
term "megacephaly . " In megacepha- ly the head becomes gradually broadened
...
National Geographic Society (U.S.), 1971
6
Fauna of Australia: Amphibia & reptilia
The broken line indicates the southern limit of megacephaly, which includes the
entire range of E. macquarii and several distinctive coastal populations in
southeastern Australia. (From Legler unpub. data) [W. Mumford] termed the '
secondary ...
Australia. Bureau of Flora and Fauna, Australian Biological Resources Study, 1993
7
Annalen van de Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Dierkunde
Some Emydura develop disproportionately large heads (megacephaly) as the
result of mollusk crushing. Increase in the head size is due chiefly to an enlarged
mandibular adductor musculature. The secondary palate and the mandibular ...
8
Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology
MEGACEPHALY. MEGACEPHALIA. Megalodontoidea Invertebrate Zoology, the
sawflies, a superfamily of hymenopteran insects in the suborder Symphyta.
megalogastria Medicine, enlargement or abnormally large size of the stomach;
gastric ...
Christopher G. Morris, 1992
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Neurological examination of the newborn: a routine for all
(5) Asymptomatic in the nursery, Non-Risk. At 3 months generalized hypertonus
and hyperexcitability (Figures 303-306, see also Figure 266), i.e., 'cerebral palsy'.
Mild megacephaly had developed (Figure 307), the relevant tests were normal ...
This is too large a controversy for us now to engage in, but in the special
instances before us there are grounds for the presumption that these characters
of microdontism and megacephaly have been acquired at some stage in the
ancestral ...
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