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111Synovial membrane — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = membrana synovialis capsulae articularis GraySubject = 68 GrayPage = 282 Caption = Black is subintima, purple is intima, light brown is bone, orange is cartilage, yellow is synovial fluid Caption2 =… …
112Chest tube — Intervention The free end of the Chest Drainage Device is usually attached to an underwater seal, below the level of the chest. This allows the air or fluid to escape from the pleural space, and prevents anything returning to the chest …
113Dram (unit) — For the related unit of currency, see Drachma. The dram (archaic spelling drachm; apothecary symbol ℨ) was historically both a coin and a weight. Currently it is both a small mass in the Apothecaries system of weights and a small unit of volume.… …
114Velocimetry — is the measurement of the velocity of fluids, as often used to solve fluid dynamics problems, or to study fluid networks, as well as in industrial and process control applications, or in the creation of new kinds of fluid flow sensors. Methods of …
115Pumping (oil well) — In the context of oil wells, pumping is a routine operation involving injecting fluids into the well. Pumping may either be done by rigging up to the kill wing valve on the Xmas tree or, if an intervention rig up is present pumping into the riser …
116Aldosterone — Chembox new ImageFile = Aldosterone 2D skeletal.svg ImageSize = IUPACName = 11β,21 dihydroxy 3,20 dioxopregn 4 en 18 al OtherNames = Section1 = Chembox Identifiers CASNo = 52 39 1 PubChem = 5839 SMILES = C [C@] 12CCC(=O)C=C1CC [C@@H] 3 [C@@H] 2… …
117burette — /byoo ret /, n. Chem. a graduated glass tube, commonly having a stopcock at the bottom, used for accurately measuring or measuring out small quantities of liquid. Also, buret. [1475 85; < F: cruet, burette (OF biurete), equiv. to buire ewer,… …
118Natural convection — Bénard cells. Natural convection is a mechanism, or type of heat transport, in which the fluid motion is not generated by any external source (like a pump, fan, suction device, etc.) but only by density differences in the fluid occurring due to… …
119Thoracentesis — Interventions infobox Name = PAGENAME ICD10 = ICD9 = 34.91 OtherCodes = OPCS4.2|T|12|.3 Thoracentesis (also known as thoracocentesis or pleural tap) is an invasive procedure to remove fluid or air from the pleural space for diagnostic or… …
120Leak — A leak is a hole or other opening, usually unintended and therefore undesired, in a container or fluid containing system, such as a tank or a ship s hull, through which the contents of the container can escape or outside matter can enter the… …
