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Distensibility is a
metric of the
stiffness of
blood vessels. It is
defined as D=dsys−ddias(psys−pdias)ddias{\displaystyle D={\frac...
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iridescence in life. The gas
bladder is
absent and the
stomach is
highly distensible. The
transparent fins are spineless; the
deeply forked and hypocercal...
- 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...
- food. The crop in
eusocial insects, such as ants, has
specialized to be
distensible, and this
specialization enables important communication between colonial...
- 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...
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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...
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Saccopharynx is a
genus of deep-sea eels with
large mouths,
distensible stomachs and long,
scaleless bodies. Commonly,
these fish are
called gulpers or...
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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...
- to the
heart during ventricular systole. By
being partially empty and
distensible,
atria prevent the
interruption of
venous flow to the
heart that would...