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  2. Hermetic seal - Wikipedia

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    A hermetic seal is any type of sealing that makes a given object airtight (preventing the passage of air, oxygen, or other gases). The term originally applied to airtight glass containers but, as technology advanced, it applied to a larger category of materials, including metals , rubber , and plastics .

  3. Compressor - Wikipedia

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    This necessitates the use of very effective seals, or even the elimination of all seals and openings to form a hermetic system. These compressors are often described as being either hermetic, open, or semi-hermetic, to describe how the compressor is enclosed and how the motor drive is situated in relation to the gas or vapor being compressed ...

  4. Chiller - Wikipedia

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    Vapor compression chillers may use any of a number of different types of compressors. Most common today are the hermetic scroll, semi-hermetic screw, or centrifugal compressors. The condensing side of the chiller can be either air or water cooled. Even when liquid cooled, the chiller is often cooled by an induced or forced draft cooling tower ...

  5. Anatomy - Wikipedia

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    Gross anatomy is the study of structures large enough to be seen with the naked eye, and also includes superficial anatomy or surface anatomy, the study by sight of the external body features. Microscopic anatomy is the study of structures on a microscopic scale, along with histology (the study of tissues), and embryology (the study of an ...

  6. Human anatomy - Wikipedia

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    Gross anatomy (also called topographical anatomy, regional anatomy, or anthropotomy) is the study of anatomical structures that can be seen by the naked eye. [1] Microscopic anatomy is the study of minute anatomical structures assisted with microscopes , which includes histology (the study of the organization of tissues), [ 1 ] and cytology ...

  7. Semicircular canals - Wikipedia

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    The lateral semicircular canal (also known as horizontal or external semicircular canal) is the shortest of the three canals.Movement of fluid within its duct corresponds to rotation of the head around a vertical axis (i.e. the neck), or in other words, rotation in the transverse plane.

  8. Anatomical terminology - Wikipedia

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    The gross anatomy of a muscle is the most important indicator of its role in the body. One particularly important aspect of gross anatomy of muscles is pennation or lack thereof. In most muscles, all the fibers are oriented in the same direction, running in a line from the origin to the insertion.

  9. Inner ear - Wikipedia

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    The bony labyrinth, or osseous labyrinth, is the network of passages with bony walls lined with periosteum.The three major parts of the bony labyrinth are the vestibule of the ear, the semicircular canals, and the cochlea.