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- 14:10, 13 October 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+246) . . N Hyoid bone (Created page with "The hyoid bone is a horseshoe-shaped bone situated in the anterior midline of the neck between the chin and the thyroid cartilage. At rest, it lies at the level of the base of th...") (current)
- 14:10, 13 October 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+23) . . N Alveoli (Redirected page to Alveolus) (current)
- 14:09, 13 October 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+260) . . N Pleural membrane (Created page with "The pleural membrane is located in the thoracic cavity between the tergum and sternum. The membrane is moist, slippery and has two layers; parietal pleura (outer layer) which lin...") (current)
- 14:08, 13 October 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+224) . . N Spermatid (Created page with "The spermatid is the haploid male gametid that results from division of secondary spermatocytes. As a result of meiosis, each spermatid contains only half of the genetic material...") (current)
- 14:08, 13 October 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+208) . . N Spermatocyte (Created page with "A spermatocyte is a male gametocyte, derived from a spermatogonium, which is in the developmental stage of spermatogenesis during which meiosis occurs. It is located in the semin...") (current)
- 14:08, 13 October 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+285) . . N Perspiration (Created page with "Perspiration (sweating, transpiration, or diaphoresis) is the production of fluids secreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals. Two types of sweat glands can be found in ...") (current)
- 14:07, 13 October 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+131) . . N Intravenous (Created page with "Intravenous means "within a vein." It usually refers to giving medications or fluids through a needle or tube inserted into a vein.") (current)
- 14:07, 13 October 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+26) . . N Intravenous solution (Redirected page to Intravenous) (current)
- 11:18, 28 September 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+858) . . Synapsis (current)
- 11:17, 28 September 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+405) . . N Crossover (Created page with "In genetic algorithms, crossover is a genetic operator used to vary the programming of a chromosome or chromosomes from one generation to the next. It is analogous to reproductio...") (current)
- 11:16, 28 September 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+177) . . N Auxotroph (Created page with "An organism, such as a strain of bacteria, that has lost the ability to synthesize certain substances required for its growth and metabolism as the result of mutational changes.") (current)
- 11:16, 28 September 2013 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . Prototroph (current)
- 11:15, 28 September 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+160) . . Merozygote (current)
- 11:15, 28 September 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+124) . . N Nuclein (Created page with "Any of the substances present in the nucleus of a cell, consisting chiefly of proteins, phosphoric acids, and nucleic acids.") (current)
- 18:31, 23 September 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+6) . . Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia (current)
- 16:53, 12 January 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,075) . . N Thomas Hunt Morgan (Created page with "Thomas Hunt Morgan (September 25, 1866 – December 4, 1945) was an American evolutionary biologist, geneticist and embryologist and science author who won the Nobel Prize in Phy...") (current)
- 16:53, 12 January 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+673) . . N Centimorgan (Created page with "1. The unit of linkage that refers to the distance between two gene loci determined by the frequency with which recombination occurs between them. Two loci are said to be one cen...") (current)
- 22:34, 20 December 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . BLNK (current)
- 21:28, 14 December 2012 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . Global positioning system (GPS) (current)
- 21:27, 14 December 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+46) . . N Global positioning system gps (Redirected page to Global positioning system (GPS)) (current)
- 21:26, 14 December 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+4) . . Complete tetanus (current)
- 21:25, 14 December 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+132) . . N Complete tetanus (Created page with "Tetanus in which stimuli to a particular muscle are repeated so rapidly that decrease of tension between stimuli cannot be detected.")
- 16:02, 20 October 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+306) . . N Blood urea nitrogen (Created page with "The liver produces urea in the urea cycle as a waste product of the digestion of protein. Normal human adult blood should contain between 7 to 21 mg of urea nitrogen per 100 ml (...") (current)
- 18:29, 4 October 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+487) . . N Ungulate (Created page with "Ungulates are several groups of mammals, most of which use the tips of their toes, usually hoofed, to sustain their whole body weight while moving. The term means, roughly, "bein...") (current)
- 16:44, 30 September 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+544) . . N Ileostomy (Created page with "An ileostomy is a surgical opening constructed by bringing the end or loop of small intestine (the ileum) out onto the surface of the skin. Intestinal waste passes out of the ile...") (current)
- 16:03, 30 September 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+136) . . N Polymath (Created page with "A polymath sometimes referred to as a Renaissance man, is a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different subject areas") (current)
- 15:59, 30 September 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+1,115) . . N Adrenosterone (Created page with "'''Adrenosterone''' is a Steroid hormone with weak androgenic effect. It was first isolated in 1936 from the Adrenal cortex by Tadeus Reichstein at the Pharmaceutical...") (current)
- 15:58, 30 September 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+540) . . N Dehydroepiandrosterone (Created page with "Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), also known as androstenolone or prasterone is an important endogenous steroid hormone. It is the most abundant circulating steroid in humans in who...") (current)
- 15:56, 30 September 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+4) . . Cortisol
- 15:31, 9 September 2012 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . Armstrong limit
- 15:30, 9 September 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+2,782) . . N Armstrong limit (Created page with "The Armstrong limit, often called Armstrong's line, is the altitude that produces an atmospheric pressure so low (0.0618 atmosphere) that water boils at the normal temperature of...")
- 20:05, 24 August 2012 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . Inquiry (current)
- 14:40, 31 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+316) . . N Multiculturalism (Created page with "The existence within one society of diverse groups that maintain unique cultural identities while frequently accepting and participating in the larger society’s legal and polit...")
- 14:40, 31 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+104) . . N Evidence-Based Practice (Created page with "Crime-fighting strategies that have been scientifically tested and are based on social science research.") (current)
- 14:40, 31 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+110) . . N Criminology (Created page with "The scientific study of the causes and prevention of crime and the rehabilitation and punishment of offenders.") (current)
- 14:39, 31 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+313) . . N Social Control (Created page with "The use of sanctions and rewards within a group to influence and shape the behavior of individual members of that group. Social control is a primary concern of social groups and ...") (current)
- 14:39, 31 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+108) . . N Due Process Model (Created page with "A criminal justice perspective that emphasizes individual rights at all stages of justice system processing.") (current)
- 14:39, 31 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+105) . . N Crime-Control Model (Created page with "A criminal justice perspective that emphasizes the efficient arrest and conviction of criminal offenders.") (current)
- 14:39, 31 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+654) . . N Due Process (Created page with "A right guaranteed by the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution and generally understood, in legal contexts, to mean the due course of legal proceeding...") (current)
- 14:38, 31 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+289) . . N Concurrent Sentence (Created page with "One of two or more sentences imposed at the same time, after conviction for more than one offense, and served at the same time. Also, a new sentence for a new conviction, imposed...") (current)
- 14:38, 31 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+383) . . N Consecutive Sentence (Created page with "One of two or more sentences imposed at the same time, after conviction for more than one offense, and served in sequence with the other sentence. Also, a new sentence for a new ...") (current)
- 14:38, 31 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+157) . . N Trial (Created page with "In criminal proceedings, the examination in court of the issues of fact and relevant law in a case for the purpose of convicting or acquitting the defendant.") (current)
- 14:37, 31 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+315) . . N Arraignment (Created page with "Strictly, the hearing before a court having jurisdiction in a criminal case, in which the identity of the defendant is established, the defendant is informed of the charge and of...") (current)
- 14:37, 31 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+296) . . N Grand Jury (Created page with "A group of jurors who have been selected according to law and have been sworn to hear the evidence and to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to bring the accused pers...") (current)
- 14:37, 31 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+154) . . N Indictment (Created page with "A formal, written accusation submitted to the court by a grand jury, alleging that a specified person has committed a specified offense, usually a felony.") (current)
- 14:36, 31 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+403) . . N Probable Cause (Created page with " A specified set of facts and circumstances that would induce a reasonably intelligent and prudent person to believe that a person has committed a specified crime. Also, rea...") (current)
- 14:36, 31 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+290) . . N Preliminary Hearing (Created page with "A proceeding before a judicial officer in which three matters must be decided: (1) whether a crime was committed, (2) whether the crime occurred within the territorial jurisdicti...") (current)
- 14:36, 31 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+133) . . N Bail (Created page with "The money or property pledged to the court or actually deposited with the court to effect the release of a person from legal custody.") (current)
- 22:13, 30 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+356) . . N Criminal Justice (Created page with "In the strictest sense, the criminal (penal) law, the law of criminal procedure, and the array of procedures and activities having to do with the enforcement of this body of law....") (current)
- 22:13, 30 July 2012 (diff | hist) . . (+337) . . N Civil Justice (Created page with "The civil law, the law of civil procedure, and the array of procedures and activities having to do with private rights and remedies sought by civil action. Civil justice cannot b...") (current)
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