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- The respiratory system is an integrated network of organs and tubes that coordinates the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between an organism ...13 KB (1,922 words) - 19:44, 16 April 2023
- The Solar system (or solar system) Capitalization of the name varies. The IAU, the authoritative body regarding astronomical nomenclature, specifies ...60 KB (9,448 words) - 15:09, 27 April 2023
- The nervous system is the network of specialized cells, tissues, and organs in a multicellular animal that coordinates the body's interaction ...36 KB (5,328 words) - 04:33, 11 March 2023
- [[Image:lymphatic_system.gif|framed|200px|The human lymphatic system]] The lymphatic system acts as a secondary circulatory system in vertebrates ...10 KB (1,483 words) - 03:14, 5 November 2022
- The metric system is a decimalized system of measurement based on the meter and the gram. It exists in several variations, with different choices ...26 KB (4,128 words) - 16:28, 9 November 2022
- A postal system is a system wherein written documents typically enclosed ... letters. In some countries, the postal system also has some authority over ...32 KB (4,926 words) - 05:47, 30 November 2022
- While the Indian caste system is the most well-known, other cultures ... Many of these cultures show only the remnants of a caste system that ...31 KB (4,665 words) - 14:24, 29 November 2023
- In logic and mathematics, together with the allied branches of computer science, information theory, and statistics, a formal system is an idealized ...5 KB (794 words) - 06:34, 1 April 2024
- The somatic nervous system, or voluntary nervous system, is that part of the peripheral nervous system that regulates body movement through control ...6 KB (933 words) - 16:29, 14 October 2022
- An integrated library system, or ILS, is an enterprise resource planning ... and instead use a simpler library computer system which has limited functions. ...16 KB (2,219 words) - 22:54, 5 February 2023
- In human spaceflight, a life support system is a group of devices that allow a human to survive in outer space. Such a system normally supplies ...11 KB (1,632 words) - 01:14, 26 October 2022
- an abbreviation of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name. The ... "Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System." Columbia Phonographic ...26 KB (4,054 words) - 22:42, 7 January 2024
- The Global Positioning System (GPS) is currently the only fully functional Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). More than two dozen GPS ...54 KB (8,113 words) - 20:37, 29 December 2023
- The ancient Korean kingdom of Silla used the aristocratic bone rank system to segregate society, particularly the layers of the aristocracy. ...8 KB (1,213 words) - 07:22, 17 November 2023
- In mathematics, the Cartesian coordinate system (or rectangular coordinate system) is used to determine each point uniquely in a plane through ...14 KB (2,020 words) - 00:41, 29 November 2023
- The central nervous system (CNS) is that portion of the vertebrate nervous system that is composed of the brain and spinal cord. Together with ...10 KB (1,539 words) - 23:55, 3 December 2023
- The enteric nervous system (ENS) is that part of the peripheral nervous system of vertebrates that plays a fundamental role in control of the ...10 KB (1,480 words) - 16:48, 27 March 2022
- [[Image:Federal Reserve.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Federal Reserve ... The Federal Reserve System (also known as the Federal Reserve; informally ...32 KB (4,861 words) - 01:52, 26 March 2024
- The NASA Astrophysics Data System (usually referred to as ADS) is a digital library portal of over 7,000,000 astronomy and physics papers from ...25 KB (3,826 words) - 18:28, 19 August 2023
- :This article is concerned with the legal system known as Civil law ... Civil law, or continental law, is the predominant system of law in ...15 KB (2,321 words) - 22:28, 10 December 2023
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- #REDIRECT Nervous system ...28 bytes (3 words) - 17:21, 6 June 2021
- The somatic nervous system, or voluntary nervous system, is that part of the peripheral nervous system that regulates body movement through control ...6 KB (933 words) - 16:29, 14 October 2022
- * Central nervous system depression, physiological depression of the central nervous system that can result in loss of consciousness ...1 KB (174 words) - 15:39, 2 August 2022
- The enteric nervous system (ENS) is that part of the peripheral nervous system of vertebrates that plays a fundamental role in control of the ...10 KB (1,480 words) - 16:48, 27 March 2022
- In logic and mathematics, together with the allied branches of computer science, information theory, and statistics, a formal system is an idealized ...5 KB (794 words) - 06:34, 1 April 2024
- In the five kingdom system of biological classification, the other ... both Monera and, to a degree, the kingdom system are considered obsolete. ...8 KB (1,051 words) - 13:09, 10 March 2023
- [[Image:lymphatic_system.gif|framed|200px|The human lymphatic system]] The lymphatic system acts as a secondary circulatory system in vertebrates ...10 KB (1,483 words) - 03:14, 5 November 2022
- was the inventor of the braille writing system, the world-wide system used ... how to read by feeling raised letters (a system devised by the school's ...8 KB (1,163 words) - 02:52, 4 November 2022
- In mathematics and set theory, an axiomatic system is any set of specified axioms from which some or all of those axioms can be used, in conjunction ...10 KB (1,582 words) - 07:21, 23 August 2023
- In mathematics, the Cartesian coordinate system (or rectangular coordinate system) is used to determine each point uniquely in a plane through ...14 KB (2,020 words) - 00:41, 29 November 2023
- The central nervous system (CNS) is that portion of the vertebrate nervous system that is composed of the brain and spinal cord. Together with ...10 KB (1,539 words) - 23:55, 3 December 2023
- first documented block and tackle pulley system, as recorded by Plutarch ... pulley is a combination fixed and movable pulley system. ...10 KB (1,745 words) - 23:46, 2 December 2022
- In human spaceflight, a life support system is a group of devices that allow a human to survive in outer space. Such a system normally supplies ...11 KB (1,632 words) - 01:14, 26 October 2022
- lightness computation in the human visual system, and thus increasing our ... When looking at the image, the brain and visual system interprets ...6 KB (942 words) - 01:15, 21 April 2023
- as per the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group II (APG II) system: ... * Monocotyledoneae in the de Candolle system and the Engler system. ...8 KB (1,275 words) - 13:12, 10 March 2023
- his groundbreaking 1957 publication, System and Process in International ... Law in a Democratic Society, and System and Process in International ...9 KB (1,221 words) - 16:45, 12 April 2024
- of thermodynamic potential of a system, which can be used to calculate the "useful" work obtainable from a closed thermodynamic system ...18 KB (2,941 words) - 18:57, 13 February 2024
- famous for developing the most widely used system of shorthand, known now as ... quickly and accurately, Pitman's system benefited society in many ...12 KB (1,802 words) - 12:46, 22 July 2022
- The ancient Korean kingdom of Silla used the aristocratic bone rank system to segregate society, particularly the layers of the aristocracy. ...8 KB (1,213 words) - 07:22, 17 November 2023
- or all comets entering the inner solar system (some short-period comets ... study the origin and evolution of the Solar System. [[Image:Oort cloud ...10 KB (1,441 words) - 10:34, 11 March 2023
- | system = Isometric hexoctahedral | twinning = ... . It crystallizes in the cubic crystal system, often showing octahedral ...5 KB (708 words) - 03:50, 18 April 2024
- to many, and challenges the monetary system to adapt to changing needs ... of gift exchange, due to the bartering system involving an agreement on ...11 KB (1,642 words) - 10:59, 20 September 2023
- to do with the way the brain and visual system perceive the angles that ... are perceived and interpreted by the visual system. ==References== ...3 KB (445 words) - 14:11, 20 May 2023
- The focal length of an optical system is a property that provides a measure of how strongly the system converges (focuses) or diverges (diffuses ...10 KB (1,614 words) - 20:48, 19 October 2022
- of a formal language is called a deductive system (based on the formal language). Given a formal language, a deductive system is specified with the ...14 KB (2,296 words) - 16:20, 9 November 2022
- The vestibular system present in humans and other vertebrates appeared ... which occurs in the vestibular system. Other senses play roles ...13 KB (2,004 words) - 20:01, 16 February 2021
- a sequence of formulas in some deductive system that shows the transformation ... a sequence of formulas in some deductive system that shows the transformation ...9 KB (1,489 words) - 23:56, 1 December 2022
- for optimal operation of the nervous system and muscle contraction. Whereas ... Parathyroid glands are considered part of the endocrine system, which ...10 KB (1,360 words) - 07:55, 18 November 2022
- The digestive system consists of a mouth, pharynx, and an intestine ... carbon dioxide by diffusion. The excretory system is made of many tubes with ...7 KB (1,024 words) - 20:44, 9 April 2023
- T cells are lymphocytes (a class of white blood cells) that play a central role in the adaptive immune system, and specifically in the cell-mediated ...15 KB (2,401 words) - 18:36, 24 October 2022
- in signal transmission in the nervous system. They help in guiding the ... viewed as the glue that holds the neuronal system together. However, there ...15 KB (2,279 words) - 07:55, 24 January 2023
- reactions of different parts of the visual system are responsible for the illusion ... previous assumptions about the visual system may help scientists to come ...3 KB (488 words) - 18:29, 17 April 2023
- and many previously unobserved Solar System objects. Also, it is useful ... orbit around the center of mass of the system. NASA's planned Space ...10 KB (1,442 words) - 18:25, 19 August 2023
- study the way the brain and visual system perceive and interpret images ... see one line as longer because the visual system is unable to separate the ...5 KB (795 words) - 18:00, 10 November 2022
- The respiratory system is an integrated network of organs and tubes that coordinates the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between an organism ...13 KB (1,922 words) - 19:44, 16 April 2023
- :This article is concerned with the legal system known as Civil law ... Civil law, or continental law, is the predominant system of law in ...15 KB (2,321 words) - 22:28, 10 December 2023
- performed great deeds. Thus, the Aztec system has been described as quasi ... base by expanding the chinampa system (floating gardens) around ...7 KB (1,048 words) - 23:29, 30 September 2021
- such as Earth (see Geographic coordinate system), Mars, or the celestial sphere. ... With the invention of the metric system, based on powers of ten, there ...6 KB (932 words) - 09:12, 28 January 2024
- SI Units are the most widely used system of units. They are the most common system for everyday commerce in the world, and are almost universally ...15 KB (2,449 words) - 18:28, 22 December 2022
- pipes and fixtures that are part of such a system. Plumbing is usually distinguished ... progress made from the time of the Roman system of aqueducts and lead pipes ...8 KB (1,121 words) - 01:54, 10 April 2023
- wish to gain access to a secure place or system. In today's world, such ... developed the "anthropometric" system (later known as Bertillonage ...14 KB (2,173 words) - 17:56, 31 October 2023
- because it is a conserved quantity: a system's angular momentum stays ... If a system consists of several particles moving around the same origin ...13 KB (2,046 words) - 06:03, 28 July 2023
- missile" describes any antimissile system designed to counter ballistic ... against ICBMs: the U.S. Safeguard system, which utilized the LIM-49A ...15 KB (2,315 words) - 06:19, 31 July 2023
- C.E. There are accounts of the Pasupata system in the Sarvadarsanasamgraha ... “om.” Their monotheistic belief system enumerated five categories: ...10 KB (1,412 words) - 19:20, 23 June 2020
- of the Cutter Expansive Classification system. The system was flexible ... away before completing his classification system, Cutter is widely recognized ...13 KB (2,026 words) - 01:48, 4 December 2023
- Library of Medicine Classification System, a library indexing system ... nlm.nih.gov/ Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders ...13 KB (1,876 words) - 11:58, 3 May 2023
- | system = isometric 4/m bar 3 2/m | twinning = | cleavage = perfect in three directions | fracture = | mohs = 2 - 2.5 | luster = vitreous ...5 KB (705 words) - 16:58, 21 January 2024
- Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) refers to an educational system ... by software such as the open-source system LAMS (Learning Activity Management ...12 KB (1,752 words) - 08:09, 14 January 2023
- An integrated library system, or ILS, is an enterprise resource planning ... and instead use a simpler library computer system which has limited functions. ...16 KB (2,219 words) - 22:54, 5 February 2023
- index; and the Holdridge life zones system. However, climate classification ... index and the Holdridge Life Zone Classification System. ...13 KB (1,881 words) - 08:03, 23 January 2023
- involved in vision are known as the visual system. There is disagreement ... In this case, a sense is considered a system involving sensory cells that ...14 KB (2,075 words) - 20:09, 21 April 2023
- A decimal (or denary) system is a numeral system that has the number ten as its base. The term decimal is also used for a number written in this ...18 KB (2,501 words) - 09:02, 28 January 2024
- early twentieth century, the national park system was created in the United States. ... is discharged into a river, lake, or ocean system. Developing nations are likewise ...12 KB (1,649 words) - 19:00, 13 February 2024
- In Logic, "syntax" refers to the part of a formal system ... In logic, syntax is the part of a formal system that defines the formal ...11 KB (1,479 words) - 01:58, 27 February 2023
- ), sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization system (phonetic ... Wade-Giles was the main system of transcription in the English-speaking ...13 KB (1,871 words) - 22:05, 3 May 2023
- organ in vertebrates. Part of the urinary system, a kidney filters and excretes ... The action of nephrons are regulated by the endocrine system by hormones ...14 KB (2,036 words) - 16:20, 11 November 2022
- photon of light absorbed by a chemical system, only one molecule is activated ... utilizes the SI, or metric, measurement system. Important units and constants ...4 KB (569 words) - 04:25, 24 November 2022
- | system = Isometric | twinning = | cleavage = Indistinct | fracture = Conchoidal to uneven | mohs = 5 - 6 ...4 KB (526 words) - 13:35, 3 May 2023
- In general, the cells, tissues, and organs of the endocrine system ... lobe by way of a special capillary system, called the hypothalamic ...11 KB (1,456 words) - 06:20, 24 November 2022
- ==The Ashrama system== According to the Hindu Ashrama system, the average human life was ...8 KB (1,212 words) - 04:45, 18 August 2023
- autoimmune disorder that causes the immune system to attack the joints), and ... Inflammation is part of the innate immune system, that is, the immediate ...8 KB (1,133 words) - 11:01, 16 August 2023
- The desired result of an alarm system is to cause an appropriate alarm ... These may connect to the regular phone system on the system side of the ...14 KB (2,152 words) - 04:34, 17 June 2023
- Alfred North Whitehead also suggested a system with five axioms. ... E.J. Lemmon that we should refer to it as system L, we do not have any axiom ...16 KB (2,607 words) - 09:05, 28 January 2024
- for the universal social security system, which served as the basis ... the implementation of the national system of labor exchanges. In 1909 ...11 KB (1,631 words) - 15:39, 6 May 2023
- The braille system, devised in 1821 by Frenchman Louis Braille, is ... Louis Braille, himself blinded at the age of three, developed his ...14 KB (2,290 words) - 22:35, 20 November 2023
- There are 240 known moons within the solar system, including 163 orbiting the ... companion called Charon. The Pluto-Charon system is unusual in that the center ...19 KB (2,647 words) - 15:21, 11 November 2022
- to yield further results. To axiomatize a system of knowledge is to show that ... view, logic becomes just another formal system. A set of axioms should be ...16 KB (2,424 words) - 07:20, 23 August 2023
- Institute of the New York State Hospital system (shortly afterwards given ... of mental disorders, he invented a new system of classification, "ergasiology ...9 KB (1,247 words) - 06:03, 15 June 2023
- outside of or apart from a formal logical system or theory. ... true; existence within a logical system; variables; the theory of ...7 KB (926 words) - 06:33, 1 April 2024
- by neurons in both the peripheral nervous system (PNS) and central nervous ... In the autonomic nervous system, acetylcholine serves as a neurotransmitter ...16 KB (2,189 words) - 07:34, 14 June 2023
- or a general education, for many this system is regarded as elitist and ... age of 18 and managed under the Tripartite System introduced by Conservative ...17 KB (2,415 words) - 00:22, 8 January 2024
- various duet systems. The popular Maccann system was developed towards the ... century, often using English and Anglo-system concertinas. Concertinas ...15 KB (2,127 words) - 15:46, 27 December 2023
- adapted to create an early identification system. Such practices soon evolved ... in 1883, to include an identification system based on unchanging measurements ...14 KB (1,919 words) - 06:17, 31 July 2023
- laesa). It is part of the innate immune system, that is, the immediate ... ==Limbic system encephalitis== In a small number of cases, called limbic ...12 KB (1,747 words) - 18:32, 13 February 2024
- without adopting the entire parent system for each doctrine. It is ... C.E.), who attached themselves to no real system, but selected from existing ...12 KB (1,821 words) - 18:01, 12 February 2024
- Telemetry is a technology that allows the remote measurement and reporting of information of interest to the system designer or operator. The ...8 KB (1,232 words) - 05:33, 27 February 2023
- signs, according to the coordinate system chosen). When the force does ... * W = work done on the system * P = external pressure * V = volume ...9 KB (1,470 words) - 03:50, 9 November 2022
- and must be removed from the system. In addition to respiratory functions ... multicellularity: an efficient circulatory system that conveyed gases to and ...13 KB (1,981 words) - 03:04, 5 November 2022
- here has a sound and complete axiomatic system, i.e. the system in which ... The system T is obtained by adding the axiom scheme T to K. T is sound ...14 KB (2,164 words) - 19:24, 9 November 2022
- which are evident in the International System of Units (SI). Specifically ... ===Imperial system=== Imperial Unit Before SI units were widely adopted ...18 KB (2,732 words) - 14:42, 5 December 2023
- *The word 'sewerage' can mean (a) a system of sewers; or ... The first sanitation system was found in the prehistoric Middle East ...15 KB (2,180 words) - 10:10, 26 January 2023
- world involve energy, and within a closed system the total amount of that ... Central to this are the concepts of system and surroundings. A system ...25 KB (3,670 words) - 18:29, 30 April 2023
- Lymphoma is any of a diverse group of cancers that originate in lymphocytes of the lymphatic system, a secondary (but open) circulatory system ...16 KB (2,166 words) - 03:16, 5 November 2022
- resolved to establish a new philosophical system from the ground up. of their reactions to Descartes' system. Because his thoughts inspired ...11 KB (1,731 words) - 00:41, 29 November 2023
- Safety engineering is an applied science closely related to systems engineering and its subset, System Safety Engineering. Safety engineering ...19 KB (2,912 words) - 20:39, 17 April 2023
- The Saint Lawrence River and Seaway System is a large hydrographic system in east-central North America, crossing the interior of the continent ...15 KB (2,273 words) - 20:48, 17 April 2023
- academics asserting that the international system that exists today began at ... as the beginning of the international system with which the discipline deals. ...15 KB (2,168 words) - 19:34, 15 August 2023
- ideas, but neither did he create a system of his own like the German ... , and in the more systematic treatises System der Philosophie als evidente ...9 KB (1,390 words) - 12:47, 6 November 2021
- The notion that arithmetic can be a formal system was refuted, however ... to or comprehended in a formal axiomatic system. Altnough it may not prove ...9 KB (1,371 words) - 18:57, 26 July 2023
- such as through the skin or digestive system, while venoms must first ... of neurotoxins (which attack the nervous system), hemotoxins (which attack ...11 KB (1,696 words) - 17:02, 3 May 2023
- (OCLC) in 1967, a computerized library system which connects 54 college ... == Dewey Decimal System == The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC, also ...15 KB (2,039 words) - 00:39, 18 November 2022
- Neurology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders and diseases of the nervous system. In the past the term has been used more generally ...20 KB (2,815 words) - 04:35, 11 March 2023
- schools, as part of their education system, issues raised by this type ... In 1528, the state of Saxony created the first general system of schools ...14 KB (2,013 words) - 07:46, 10 January 2024
- is kept constant within a closed system. The law was named after ... :P denotes the pressure of the system. :V is the volume of the gas. ...8 KB (1,241 words) - 14:53, 28 April 2020
- beyond the Solar System. The study of chemicals within the Solar System is usually called cosmochemistry. So far, astronomers have discovered ...7 KB (940 words) - 18:21, 19 August 2023
- In physics, the center of mass (CM) of a system of particles is a specific point at which the system's mass behaves (for many purposes) ...21 KB (3,514 words) - 23:50, 3 December 2023
- of the animal's central nervous system. However, in the case of ... of the invertebrate's central nervous system. In most cases, this nerve ...7 KB (1,053 words) - 16:22, 11 November 2022
- | system = orthorhombic | fracture = conchoidal | mohs = 8 ... Topaz crystallizes in the orthorhombic system and its crystals are ...5 KB (639 words) - 04:01, 1 May 2023
- according to the country and the legal system involved. However, legal ... reporters, the West National Reporter System, the West American Digest ...12 KB (1,765 words) - 06:56, 4 March 2023
- in order to correctly understand whether a system of government is a oligarchy. ... support. In evaluating an oligarchic system of government, the extent ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 00:19, 18 November 2022
