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Definition of Distensible

Distensible
Distensible Dis*ten"si*ble, a. Capable of being distended or dilated.

Meaning of Distensible from wikipedia

- Distensibility is a metric of the stiffness of blood vessels. It is defined as D=dsys−ddias(psys−pdias)ddias{\displaystyle D={\frac...
- via the ureters and exits via the urethra. In humans, the bladder is a distensible organ that sits on the pelvic floor. The typical adult human bladder...
- iridescence in life. The gas bladder is absent and the stomach is highly distensible. The transparent fins are spineless; the deeply forked and hypocercal...
- types. Zeiform bodies are usually thin and deep. Mouths are large, with distensible jaws, and there is no orbitosphenoid. Pelvic fins have 5–10 soft rays...
- food. The crop in eusocial insects, such as ants, has specialized to be distensible, and this specialization enables important communication between colonial...
- truncus arteriosus. The aorta is an elastic artery, and as such is quite distensible. The aorta consists of a heterogeneous mixture of smooth muscle, nerves...
- Saccopharynx is a genus of deep-sea eels with large mouths, distensible stomachs and long, scaleless bodies. Commonly, these fish are called gulpers or...
- careful observation may be permissible. The abdominal cavity is highly distensible and may easily hold greater than five liters of blood, or more than the...
- Saccopharynx, a genus of deep-sea eel-like fishes with large mouths, distensible stomachs and long scaleless bodies Salpinx in anatomy Tonsil Tornwaldt...
- larger than and above the retrorse anal fin. Females have large, highly distensible stomachs which give the ventral region a flabby appearance. In life,...