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- Angioplasty is the mechanical widening of blood vessel that is abnormally narrowed (stenosis) or totally obstructed (occlusion). Angioplasty ...11 KB (1,631 words) - 18:06, 27 July 2023
- the propulsion and other systems on board the vessel. Marine Engineering staff also deal with the "Hotel" facilities on board, notably ...7 KB (1,011 words) - 08:04, 29 April 2025
- the tracheary elements: tracheids and vessel elements. Both are elongated ... function as the primary transport cells. Vessel elements transport water ...16 KB (2,447 words) - 15:44, 8 April 2025
- results in plasma leaking out of the blood vessel into the surrounding tissues ... The former favors absorption into the vessel while the latter favors net ...9 KB (1,466 words) - 04:21, 27 March 2025
- and beaten together to form the body of a vessel. The artist had to turn the ... turn the mat rather than walk around the vessel to add coils to the clay ...12 KB (2,032 words) - 05:56, 30 November 2022
- Heart disease is a general category for grouping diseases that involve the heart and any structural or functional abnormalities of the blood ...11 KB (1,487 words) - 15:13, 25 January 2023
- A dry dock is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest ...11 KB (1,823 words) - 19:34, 3 August 2023
- An anchor is an object that is used to attach a ship or boat to a specific point at the bottom of a body of water. The anchor prevents the vessel ...30 KB (5,219 words) - 01:04, 9 January 2023
- glycerin mixture is added slowly to the reaction vessel containing the mixed acid (not acid to glycerin). The nitrator is cooled with cold water or some ...11 KB (1,527 words) - 01:49, 1 July 2025
- The integumentary system is the external covering of the chordate body, comprising the skin, its pigments, and various exocrine glands that produce ...9 KB (1,400 words) - 23:39, 20 September 2025
- In reward for this impressive feat, the vessel’s grateful Scottish owners ... Leaving Scotland, John Paul commanded a London-registered vessel for ...18 KB (2,783 words) - 03:25, 31 January 2025
- artery (of Moskowitz), is a variable vessel connecting the proximal superior mesenteric artery (SMA) to the proximal inferior mesenteric artery ...11 KB (1,598 words) - 22:38, 7 January 2024
- In zoology, a horn is one of a pair of hard, pointed, often permanent projections on the head of various hoofed mammals (ungulates) consisting ...10 KB (1,636 words) - 16:20, 25 January 2023
- and for a time it was the most powerful type of vessel afloat. ... a new type of anti-submarine escort vessel that was larger than a corvette ...18 KB (2,809 words) - 06:46, 15 April 2024
- of a hand-held cylindrical pressure vessel, containing a chemical agent ... Manby in 1818; it consisted of a copper vessel with 3 gallons (13.6 liters ...15 KB (2,294 words) - 19:52, 26 March 2024
- a cannon, used to inflict structural damage to a vessel during naval warfare. * Chain weapon: This medieval weapon was made of one or more weights ...6 KB (898 words) - 01:13, 4 December 2023
- Taxation on input; vessel licensingTaxation on output; restrictions ... represents direct methods of regulation. vessel monitoring systems, patrol ...15 KB (2,206 words) - 17:26, 28 March 2024
- spoils into one or more hoppers in the vessel. When the hoppers are full ... hulls on giant hinges. Either way, as the vessel dredges, excess water in ...15 KB (2,387 words) - 17:41, 30 January 2024
- with Mary Magdalene as the initial "vessel" symbolized by the Grail. ... is a first-century Middle Eastern stone vessel, possibly from Antioch, Syria ...17 KB (2,819 words) - 09:32, 18 July 2024
- that may not necessarily be the same as the vessel. The same cannot be said about a gas; it can also be considered a fluid, but it must conform to ...6 KB (880 words) - 15:44, 11 August 2025
