Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Orthostatic intolerance occurs in humans because standing upright is a fundamental stressor, so requires rapid and effective circulatory and neurologic compensations to maintain blood pressure, cerebral blood flow, and consciousness. When a human stands, about 750 ml of thoracic blood are abruptly translocated downward.
This is the largest dolmen in France, and perhaps the world; the overall length of the dolmen is 23 m (75 ft), with the internal chamber at over 18 m (59 ft) in length and at least 3 m (9.8 ft) high. [50] [51] [52] Grey Cairns of Camster: United Kingdom Europe: 3000 BCE or older Tomb Located near Upper Camster in Caithness. [53] [54]
A menhir (/ ˈ m ɛ n h ɪər /; [1] from Brittonic languages: maen or men, "stone" and hir or hîr, "long" [2]), standing stone, orthostat, or lith is a large upright stone, emplaced in the ground by humans, typically dating from the European middle Bronze Age.
The house was built in 1890 by May Talley, which was unusual for a woman of that era. Considered one of the Old West End's most architecturally significant houses, the home is now in serious need ...
These paravertebral muscles have a great influence over the walking stance and gait of a patient, so fatty infiltration and degradation of these muscle lead to the characteristics that easily define BSS, such as the anterior flexion of the back combined with an ability to keep upright with any kind of support (e.g., holding onto a table).
The first time Goodheart met Erickson, the 70-year-old woman hadn't left her apartment in weeks. Erickson felt alone and overwhelmed as she tried to find a new place to live that she could afford ...
The DiCamillo Companion to British & Irish Country Houses Archived 9 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine – database of over 7,000 houses; Hudson's Historic Houses and Gardens – UK guidebook of over 2,000 houses open to the public; Lost Heritage – A Memorial to the Lost Country Houses of England – list of over 1,700 houses
The 70-year-old, who stood at 5-foot-3, weighed 200 pounds after years of mindless snacking and was on blood-pressure medication. MacDonald told Business Insider she bowled and played darts and ...