Other uses Quadrate disambiguation Image Skull anapsida 1.svg thumb 300px Anapsid skull, Quadratebone marked q The quadratebone is part of a skull in most tetrapods , including amphibians , sauropsids reptiles , birds , and early synapsids . In these animals it connects to the quadratojugal and squamosal in the skull, and forms part of the jaw joint the other part is the articular bone at the rear end of the lower jaw . Evolutionary variation In snakes, the quadratebone has become elongated and very mobile, and contributes greatly to their ability to swallow very large prey items. In mammals the articular and quadrate bones have migrated to the middle ear and are known as the malleus and incus . In fact, Palaeontology paleontologists regard this modification as the defining characteristic of mammalian hearing structures. ref cite web url http www.palaeos.com Vertebrates Units Unit420 420.000.html title Mammaliformes Overview publisher Palaeos accessdate January 2010 ref This migration was first described by Karl Bogislaus Reichert Reichert in 1837. In pig embryos he discovered that the mandible ossifies on the side of Meckel s cartilage , while the posterior part of that cartilage is ossified and then detaches from the rest of the cartilage to enter the middle ear where it becomes the malleus. ref name Scott Scott 2000, Paragraph starting with The original jaw bones changed also. ... ref See also Evolution of mammalian auditory ossicles Notes reflist References cite book url http www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov bookshelf br.fcgi?book dbio&part A69 A71 title Developmental Biology chapter The anatomical tradition Evolutionary Embryology Embryonic homologies first Scott F. last Gilbert location Sunderland MA publisher Sinauer Associates, Inc. National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI date c2000 accessdate January 2010 External links BiowebUW zoolab Table of Contents Lab 9b Bird Skeleton 1 Bird Skeleton 1a bird skeleton 1a.htm Image cite web url http campus.murraystate.edu ... more details
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Infobox Bone Name Quadrate tubercle Latin tuberculum quadratum GraySubject GrayPage Image2 Gray245.png Caption2 Right femur. Posterior surface. Quadratus femoris labeled at top center. Image Caption System MeshName MeshNumber Dorlands DorlandsID The quadrate tubercle is a small tubercle found upon the upper part of the femur . ref name pmid17104699 cite journal author Sunderland S title The Quadrate Tubercle of the Femur journal J. Anat. volume 72 issue Pt 2 pages 309 12 year 1938 month January pmid 17104699 pmc 1252427 doi url ref It is the point of insertion of the quadratus femoris . ref name urlmuscle actions cite web url http www.meddean.luc.edu lumen MedEd Grossanatomy dissector muscles qf.htm title muscle actions format work accessdate 2009 11 16 ref References reflist Bones of lower extremity Category Bones of the lower limb musculoskeletal stub ... more details
Infobox Bone Name PAGENAME Latin linea quadrata GraySubject 59 GrayPage 246 Image Gray243.png Caption Upper extremity of right femur viewed from behind and above. System MeshName MeshNumber DorlandsPre l 10 DorlandsSuf 12495639 A slight ridge is sometimes seen commencing about the middle of the intertrochanteric crest , and reaching vertically downward for about 5 cm. along the back part of the body it is called the linea quadrata or quadrate line , and gives attachment to the Quadratus femoris and a few fibers of the Adductor magnus . Gray s Bones of lower extremity Category Musculoskeletal system Category Lower limb anatomy musculoskeletal stub ... more details
Other uses Quadrate disambiguation Unreferenced date December 2009 In heraldry , an ordinary heraldry ordinary is described as quadrate or more fully Variations of ordinaries Nowy nowy quadrate when it has a square central boss. gallery File Durham shield.png Shield of Durham University Argent, a cross paty quadrate gules on a canton azure a chevron or between three lions rampant or. File Cross 09.03 markinch.jpg Banner of the Burgh of Markinch , Scotland Gules, on a cross nowy quadrate argent a cock gules. File Cross paty quadrate wiki.jpg Gules, a cross paty quadrate or, charged with five mullets of eight points gules a chief arched ermine charged with two Cornish choughs proper Vickers, England gallery Only certain ordinaries are usually shown quadrate the cross , the pale heraldry pale , and the fess but not, for example, a bordure or chevron insignia chevron . A saltire quadrate has the square oblique gallery File Quadrate saltire wiki.jpg Arms of North West South African province North West Province, South Africa Per saltire gules and azure, a saltire quadrate vert, fimbriated argent ... gallery External links http www.civicheraldry.co.uk norfolk ob.html freebridge 20lynn 2ordc Former arms of Freebridge Lynn Rural District Council, showing a cross quadrate. http www.civicheraldry.co.uk staffs ob.html cannock 20udc Former arms of Cannock Urban District Council, showing a cross potent quadrate. DEFAULTSORT Quadrate Heraldry Category Heraldry Category Heraldic ordinaries Heraldry stub ... more details
Taxobox name Quadrate pebblesnail image status CR status system IUCN2.3 regnum Animalia phylum Mollusca classis Gastropoda unranked familia clade Caenogastropoda br clade Hypsogastropoda br clade Littorinimorpha superfamilia Rissooidea familia Hydrobiidae genus Somatogyrus species S. quadratus binomial Somatogyrus quadratus binomial authority Walker, 1906 synonyms The quadrate pebblesnail Somatogyrus quadratus is a species of gastropod in the Hydrobiidae family. It is Endemism endemic to the United States . Its natural habitat is river s. Source Mollusc Specialist Group 2000. http www.iucnredlist.org search details.php 20366 all Somatogyrus quadratus . http www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007. Category Fauna of the United States Category Somatogyrus Hydrobiidae stub es Somatogyrus quadratus pt Somatogyrus quadratus vi Somatogyrus quadratus ... more details
To the Bone may refer to To the Bone The Kinks album To the Bone The Kinks album To the Bone Kris Kristofferson album To the Bone Kris Kristofferson album To the Bone Law & Order Criminal Intent To the Bone Law & Order Criminal Intent , an episode of Law & Order Criminal Intent ToTheBones , an English rock band disambig ... more details
about the skeletal organ other uses Bone disambiguation and Bones disambiguation the tissue Osseous tissue ... organs of the body, produce red blood cell red and white blood cell s and store mineral s. Bone ... biology functions . One of the types of tissue that makes up bone is the mineralized osseous tissue , also called bone tissue, that gives it rigidity and a Honeycomb geometry honeycomb like three dimensional internal structure. Other types of tissue found in bones include bone marrow marrow , endosteum ... in an infant . The largest bone in the human body is the femur . ref cite book title Parent and Child .... The interaction between bone and muscle is studied in biomechanics . Sound transduction Bones are important ... The Bone marrow marrow , located within the medullary cavity of long bones and interstices of cancellous bone, produces blood cells in a process called haematopoiesis . Metabolic Mineral storage Bones ... factor storage Mineralized bone matrix stores important growth factors such as insulin like growth factors, transforming growth factor, bone morphogenetic protein s and others. Fat Storage The yellow bone marrow acts as a storage reserve of fatty acid s. Acid Base chemistry base balance Bone buffers ... Bone tissues can also store heavy metals and other foreign elements, removing them from ... . Citation needed date May 2007 Endocrine system Endocrine organ Bone controls phosphate metabolism ... s to reduce phosphate reabsorption . Bone cells also release a hormone called osteocalcin , which ... properties The primary tissue of bone, osseous tissue , is a relatively Rockwell scale hard and lightweight ... it resists pushing forces well, but not pulling or torsional forces. While bone is essentially ... extremity Spine Bones of lower extremity Pelvis Individual bone structure File Illu compact spongy ... anatomy cortex of Cortical bone compact bone and medulla of trabecular bone . Bone is not a uniformly solid material, but rather has some spaces between its hard elements. Compact cortical bone ... more details
Infobox Book name In the Bone title orig translator image Image In the bone.jpg 200px image caption Cover of the first edition author Gordon R. Dickson illustrator cover artist Richard Corben country United States language English language English series genre Science fiction short stories publisher Ace Books release date 1987 english release date media type Print Paperback pages 228 pp isbn 0 441 37049 7 oclc 15339637 preceded by followed by In the Bone The Best Science Fiction of Gordon R. Dickson is a collection of science fiction stories by Gordon R. Dickson . It was first published by Ace Books in 1987 and expands Dickson s earlier collection, Gordon R. Dickson s SF Best . Most of the stories originally appeared in the magazines Analog Science Fiction and Fact , Fantasy and Science Fiction , Satellite and if magazine If . Contents Twig God Bless Them Hilifter Brother Charlie Act of Creation Idiot Solvant Call Him Lord Tiger Green Of the People Dolphin s Way In the Bone References cite web last Brown first Charles N. authorlink Charles N. Brown coauthors William G. Contento title The Locus Index to Science Fiction 1984 1998 work publisher date url http www.locusmag.com index t58.htm A6724 format doi accessdate 2008 01 21 cite web last first authorlink coauthors title Internet Speculative Fiction Database work publisher date url http www.isfdb.org cgi bin pl.cgi?87IntheBone format doi accessdate 2008 01 21 Category 1987 books Category Short story collections by Gordon R. Dickson ... more details
Infobox Hollywood cartoon cartoon name A Bone for a Bone series Looney Tunes Goofy Gophers image A Bone for a Bone title card.png caption The title card for A Bone for a Bone . director Friz Freleng I. Freleng story artist Ben Hardaway J.B. Hardaway animator Virgil Ross br Arthur Davis animator Arthur Davis br Manuel Perez br Ken Champin layout artist Hawley Pratt background artist Paul Julian voice actor Mel Blanc br Stan Freberg uncredited musician Carl Stalling producer Eddie Selzer uncredited studio Warner Bros. Cartoons distributor Warner Bros. Pictures br The Vitaphone Corporation release date April 7, 1951 color process Technicolor runtime 6 57 movie language English preceded by A Ham in a Role followed by I Gopher You A Bone for a Bone is a Looney Tunes Short subject short starring the Goofy Gophers . The cartoon, released in 1951, was directed by Friz Freleng and released by Warner Bros. Pictures , and was the first of four Goofy Gophers cartoon directed by Freleng, and would be the final work by Ben Hardaway J.B. Hardaway at the Warner Bros. studio, having returned after almost a decade at the Walter Lantz studio. Plot The Gophers Mac and Tosh are playing a Gin rummy gin game in their hole in the ground outside a house, where Tosh loses his fifth game in a row, when Geo R. Dog digs a hole and dumps a bone on the Gophers and then dirt as he fills the bone in. Geo does remove the bone upon Tosh s request, but realizing that it was gophers who asked him to move the bone, he returns to the same hole to dig the bone. This time, Mac goes up, only to be grabbed by Geo. Mac then yells for help, which arrives in the form of Tosh and a hammer, which Tosh uses to knock Geo s head into his collar, allowing the Gophers to return to their hole and escape the dog, but not before the Gophers have an argument over who should enter the hole first. As Geo then reaches into the hole ... links imdb title 0041443 DEFAULTSORT Bone for a Bone, A Category 1951 films Category Looney Tunes ... more details
Infobox Anatomy Name Quadrate lobe of liver Latin lobus quadratus GraySubject 250 GrayPage 1192 Image Gray1087 liver.png Caption Posterior and inferior surfaces of the liver. Quadrate lobe visible at bottom center. Image2 illu liver gallbladder.jpg Caption2 1 Right lobe of liver BR 2 Left lobe of liver BR 3 Quadrate lobe of liver BR 4 Round ligament of liver BR 5 Falciform ligament BR 6 Caudate lobe of liver BR 7 Inferior vena cava BR 8 Common bile duct BR 9 Hepatic artery BR 10 Portal vein BR 11 Cystic duct BR 12 Hepatic duct BR 13 Gallbladder BR System MeshName MeshNumber DorlandsPre DorlandsSuf The quadrate lobe is an area of the liver situated on the under surface of the right lobe, bounded in front by the anterior margin of the liver behind by the porta hepatis on the right, by the fossa for the gall bladder and on the left, by the fossa for the umbilical vein . It is oblong in shape, its antero posterior diameter being greater than its transverse. External links eMedicineDictionary quadrate lobe RocheLexicon 12581.000 1 SUNYAnatomyLabs 38 12 02 02 The Visceral Surface of the Liver SUNYAnatomyImage 7 8 11 MedicalMnemonics 270 Gray s Digestive glands Category Liver anatomy digestive stub ... more details
James Bone is the name of James Bone journalist James Bone 1872 1962 , British journalist and London editor of The Guardian James Drummond Bone , British academic Jimmy Bone , Scottish footballer disambig ... more details
Down to the Bone may refer to Down to the Bone band , a British acid jazz group Down to the Bone album Down to the Bone album , a 1995 album by Quiet Riot Down to the Bone , a song by Quiet Riot on the album of the same name Down to the Bone film Down to the Bone film , an independent film made in 2005 Down to the Bone, a young adult novel by Mayra Lazara Dole disambig de Down to the Bone it Down to the Bone ... more details
Bone Creek may refer to one of the following places Bone Creek Township, Butler County, Nebraska Bone Creek No. 108, Saskatchewan geodis ... more details
Bone loss may refer to a number of entities Osteoporosis , in which overall bone density decreases Periodontitis , in which the alveolar bone supporting bone around teeth exhibits resorption disambig ... more details
wiktionarypar bone bones A bone is a rigid connective organ that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates. Bone may also refer to TOC right Film and television Bone 1972 film Bone 1972 film , directed by Larry Cohen Bone documentary , a 2002 documentary, directed Mila Aung Thwin Geography Annaba , a city in Algeria, formerly known as B ne Bone state , an Indonesian state existing between 1350 to 1960 Music Bone recording , Soviet era bootleg records, scratched into scavenged sheets of plastic Trombone , musical instrument, casually referred to as bone in slang Bone Thugs n Harmony , American rap group from Cleveland, Ohio or the members of the group Krayzie Bone Layzie Bone Wish Bone Bizzy Bone Flesh n Bone Politics Peter Bone , British politician Scott Cordelle Bone 1860 1936 , governor of Alaska Territory 1921 1925 Sports Major league baseball player Jay Buhner , nicknamed Bone Publications Bone comics Bone comics , a comic book series by Jeff Smith Bone Out from Boneville , a computer game based on the comic book series Bone The Great Cow Race , the sequel to Bone Out from Boneville Bone , a novel by Zimbwabean author Chenjerai Hove Bone , a novel by Fae Myenne Ng As slang terms for Several dice game s Dominoes Joint cannabis Sexual intercourse Termination of employment in Australia United States dollar in the U.S. B 1 Lancer bomber from B one Other uses Bone corsetry , a rigid vertical rib that gives a corset its shape and rigidity Bone china , a type of porcelain BeOS Networking Environment BONE , a networking environment for the BeOS Bone, a cat from the Warriors novel series Warriors novel series See also Bones disambiguation Boner disambiguation disambig de Bone fr Bone id Bone disambiguasi nl Bone uk ... more details
Flesh and Bone may refer to Flesh and Bone film , a 1993 film starring Meg Ryan, Dennis Quaid and James Caan Flesh and Bone Battlestar Galactica , an episode of the 2004 TV series Battlestar Galactica Flesh and Bone Lucy Kaplansky album , 1996 Flesh and Bone Richard Marx album , 1997 See also Flesh n Bone , a member of the rap group Bone Thugs n Harmony disambig ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 Bone hemostasis is the process of controlling the bleeding from bone . Bone is a living vascular organ anatomy organ containing channels for blood and bone marrow . When a bone is cut during surgery bleeding can be a difficult problem to control, especially in the highly vascular bones of the Vertebral column spine and Human sternum sternum . Bleeding from soft tissue is normally stopped using a cautery that creates heat, causing blood vessels to collapse and become sealed. Since the blood in living bone flows through channels in the bone that do not collapse, a cautery is not effective in preventing bone bleeding. Blocking the holes in the bone typically stops bone bleeding. This can be done by mechanically blocking the holes tamponade effect , or by inducing a blood clot to form. In the past the easiest and most common way to stop bone bleeding was to apply bone wax , which is made from beeswax . The bone wax is smeared across the bleeding edge of the bone, blocking the holes and causing immediate hemostasis. Because of the complications associated with the use of bone wax, newer water soluble hemostatic agents, such as those made from alkylene oxide copolymer s have been developed. References reflist DEFAULTSORT Bone Hemostasis Category Coagulation system Treatment stub ... more details
Bone Cave may refer to Bone Cave, Tennessee , an unincorporated county in Van Buren County, Tennessee Van Buren County , Tennessee Bone Cave, an archeological site along the Great Allegheny Passage near Cumberland, Maryland Bone Cave, one of the caves at Dan yr Ogof in the Swansea Valley , Wales disambig ... more details
John Bone may refer to John Bone bishop born 1930 , British religious leader John T. Bone born 1947 , British born actor hndis Bone, John Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
Image Illu compact spongy bone.jpg right 500px thumb Cross section of a bone showing both Cortical and Cancellous bone Cortical bone , synonymous with compact bone , is one of the two types of osseous tissue that form bone s. Cortical bone facilitates bone s main functions to support the whole body, protect organs, provide levers for movement, and store and release chemical elements, mainly calcium. As its name implies, cortical bone forms the cortex anatomy cortex , or outer shell, of most bones. Again, as its name implies, compact bone is much denser than cancellous bone , which is the other type of osseous tissue. Furthermore, it is harder, stronger and stiffer than cancellous bone. Cortical bone contributes about 80 of the weight of a human skeleton. The primary anatomical and functional unit of cortical bone is the osteon. References Frank H. Netter Netter, Frank H. 1987 , Musculoskeletal system anatomy, physiology, and metabolic disorders . Summit, New Jersey Ciba Geigy Corporation ISBN 0 914168 88 6 External links eMedicineDictionary Cortical bone musculoskeletal stub Bone and cartilage Category Skeletal system ca Os cortical de Substantia compacta el fr Os cortical nl Compact been pl Istota zbita ru th ... more details
Cutter and Bone is a 1976 thriller novel by Newton Thornburg about a Vietnam veteran, Alex Cutter, who tries to convince his friend, Richard Bone, that Bone witnessed a murder. It was adapted to film by director Ivan Passer as Cutter s Way in 1981 starring John Heard as Cutter, Jeff Bridges as Bone, and Lisa Eichhorn as Mo Maureen . Release details Thornburg, Newton. Cutter and Bone . Serpent s Tail reprint , 2001. ISBN 1 85242 676 4 Category 1976 novels Category American thriller novels thriller novel stub ... more details
File ScleroticMets.PNG thumb Sclerotic breast cancer metastasizes in the pelvis. Bone metastases , or cancer metastases to the bone , are a major clinical concern that can cause severe pain, bone fractures, spinal cord compression, hypercalcemia , and rapid degradation in the quality of life for patients. The bone microenvironment, and the ECM in particular, play a major role in the preferential metastasis to bone by certain cancers, mainly prostate cancer prostate and breast cancer . Types of cancer that most commonly metastasize to bone include Prostate cancer prostate , Breast cancer breast , and Lung cancer lung cancers , although all types of cancer are capable of doing so. Osteoblastic vs. osteolytic The behavior of bone metastases can be characterized as osteoblastic, osteolytic or mixed, based on the effect on surrounding bone. All are a result of dysregulation of the normal bone remodeling mechanisms, caused by tumor host cell interactions. Osteoblastic tumors cause an abnormal formation of bone by direct secretion of bone extracellular matrix ECM proteins and by indirect stimulation of osteoblast s. Osteolytic tumors cause abnormal resorption of bone by proteolytic enzymes and through actions on osteoclast s. Osteolysis can release sequestered growth factor s from the ECM, resulting in a cyclical feedback loop that leads to further stimulation of osteoclasts and continued bone resorption. As bone mass is lost, tumors can then continue to proliferate in their place and grow ... of the primary tumor. See also bone tumor Sources Castronovo, A. B. a. V. 1997 . Expression of Bone Matrix Proteins in Human Breast Cancer Potential Roles in Microcalcifacation Formation and in the Genesis of Bone Metastases. Bull. Cancer 84 1 17 24. Chambers, A. 2001 . The functional and clinical ... . Expression of Bone Sialoprotein and Osteopontin in Breast Cancer Bone Metastasis. Clinical Experimental ... simple Bone metastases ... more details
links BUHistology 02601lba Cartilage and Bone and Bone Histogenesis trabecular, woven and lamellar bone cite web title Fractal Analysis of Trabecular Bone publisher University of Washington url http ... analysis of trabecular bone accessdate October 2010 Bone and cartilage musculoskeletal stub Category ... more details
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