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An Akers' clasp is the classic direct retainer for removable partial dentures. [1] Named after its inventor, Polk E. Akers, this suprabulge clasp consists of a rest, a guide plate, a retentive arm and a reciprocal arm. Akers' clasps, as a rule, face away from an edentulous area. Should they face the edentulous area, they are termed reverse ...
Bimanual coordination involves the coordination of two arms in bimanual action, which allows two hands to move simultaneously to do tasks. [1] Examples of bimanual coordination include clapping hands, opening the cap of a bottle with two hands or typing words on a keyboard with both hands.
Arm swing in human bipedal walking is a natural motion wherein each arm swings with the motion of the opposing leg. Swinging arms in an opposing direction with respect to the lower limb reduces the angular momentum of the body, balancing the rotational motion produced during walking .
The clasp-knife response is a stretch reflex with a rapid decrease in resistance when attempting to flex a joint. It is one of the characteristic responses of an upper motor neuron lesion . [ 10 ]
Typical design of automobile engine connecting rod Typical aluminium rod (left), oil drip rod (centre), steel rod (right). A connecting rod, also called a 'con rod', [1] [2] [3] is the part of a piston engine which connects the piston to the crankshaft.
Seeks to rebalance the U.S. trade deficit by ordering agencies to conduct a review of every country the U.S. has a trade deficit with to identify abuse and non-reciprocal practices. Read Order Read article ; March 29, 2017 Establishing the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis
In physics, the scallop theorem states that a swimmer that performs a reciprocal motion cannot achieve net displacement in a low-Reynolds number Newtonian fluid environment, i.e. a fluid that is highly viscous. Such a swimmer deforms its body into a particular shape through a sequence of motions and then reverts to the original shape by going ...
Data by YCharts. Arm stock was up 118% in the first half of 2024. Arm stock skyrocketed 93.4% in the three market days following the company's Feb. 7 release of its results for the quarter ended ...