anatomical structure

collocation in English

meaningsofanatomicalandstructure

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anatomical
adjective
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/ˌæn.əˈtɒm.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌæn.əˈtɑː.mɪ.kəl/
medical
relating to the scientific study and representation of the physical body and how its parts ...
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structure
noun
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/ˈstrʌk.tʃər/us
/ˈstrʌk.tʃɚ/
the way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in ...
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Another possibility is that two functionally separate networks (lexical memory and phrasal memory or computation) are located in the sameanatomicalstructure.
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First, fiducial markers, which are clearly distinguishable on the images, are attached to the pertinentanatomicalstructureof the patient prior to imaging.
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This was carried out for both question 1 (the visibility ofanatomicalstructure) and for question 2 (the ease of verification byanatomicalstructure).
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In this respect thallus morphology may be of importance for protecting the symbionts against extreme irradiation, whereas in our experimentsanatomicalstructureprimarily serves as a shielding layer.
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The first part of the book is concerned with theanatomicalstructureof the eye and with physical optics, such as the refraction of the light rays in the eye.
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An image of a part of the body is displayed on the screen, with a flag showing what specific part of theanatomicalstructureis of interest.
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A cross section of the cochlea will reveal ananatomicalstructurewith three main chambers (scala vestibuli, scala media, and scala tympani).
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The nuclei coordinating emesis had formerly been referred to as the vomiting complex, but it is no longer thought to represent a singleanatomicalstructure.
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A follicle is ananatomicalstructurein which the primary oocyte develops.
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Thisanatomicalstructureis found in a wide variety of animals.
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Besides being ananatomicalstructure, the axon hillock is also the part of the neuron that has the greatest density of voltage-dependent sodium channels.
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The stereotactic atlas is a series of cross sections ofanatomicalstructure(for example, a human brain), depicted in reference to a two-coordinate frame.
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Theanatomicalstructureof the lower jaw bone makes it possible to move the jaw both up and down and sideways.
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Only the tiger, lion, leopard and jaguar have theanatomicalstructurethat enables them to roar.
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The corpus callosum is theanatomicalstructurein the mammalian brain which allows for interhemispheric communication.
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It is meant to simulate the realanatomicalstructureand function of oral mucosa.
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The two were interested in howanatomicalstructureis expressed in physiological function.
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Basically, it is represented by a miniature uterus comprising a smooth muscle wall lined by endometrium thus outlining a uterusanatomicalstructure.
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