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  • 1reproductive system, animal — Introduction       any of the organ systems by which animals reproduce.       The role of reproduction is to provide for the continued existence of a species; it is the process by which living organisms duplicate themselves. Animals compete with… …

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  • 2Laparoscopic surgery — Laparoscopic surgery, also called minimally invasive surgery (MIS) , bandaid surgery , keyhole surgery , or pinhole surgery is a modern surgical technique in which operations in the abdomen are performed through small incisions (usually 0.5… …

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  • 3heteropteran — ▪ insect order Introduction   any member of the insect order Heteroptera, which comprises the so called true bugs. (Some authorities use the name Hemiptera; others consider both the heteropterans and the homopterans to be suborders of the… …

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  • 4Autotransfusion — [Citation|last=Carey|first=J.|title=How to donate to yourself|journal=US News World Report|volume=102|issue=21|year=1987|pages=59] is a process when a person receives their own blood for a transfusion, instead of banked donor blood. Blood can be… …

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  • 5muscle — muscleless, adj. muscly, adj. /mus euhl/, n., v., muscled, muscling, adj. n. 1. a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body. 2. an organ, composed of muscle tissue, that contracts to produce a… …

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  • 6Trocar — Example of a trocar A trocar (variant: trochar[1]; from French: alteration of trois carré from trois (three) + carré (square) i.e, three edged , triangular) is a medical instrument with a sharply pointed end, often three sided, that is used… …

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  • 7Limax maximus — Great grey slug Limax maximus Limax maximus …

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  • 8Caudata — ▪ amphibian order Introduction also called  Urodela,     one of the major extant orders of the class Amphibia. It includes salamanders (salamander) and newts (newt). The relatively small and inconspicuous salamanders are important members of… …

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  • 9Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy — (LRP) is a modern form of radical prostatectomy, an operation for prostate cancer. Contrasted with the original open form of the surgery, laparoscopic radical prostatectomy does not make a large incision. Instead, laparoscopic radical… …

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  • 10cranial nerves — *** The following format is used: Nerve Motor (M) or Sensory (S) Origin Function 0 Terminal (Preoptic) S Telencephalon; ventral border of olfactory bulb Smell? and sensory endings of snout I Olfactory S Telencephalon; anterior end of olfactory… …

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