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  2. Debits and credits - Wikipedia

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    The modern double entry system was likely a direct precursor of the first European adaptation many centuries later. [4] The first known use of the terms "debit" and "credit" occurred in the Venetian Luca Pacioli's 1494 work, Summa de Arithmetica, Geometria, Proportioni et Proportionalita (A Summary of Arithmetic, Geometry, Proportions and Proportionality).

  3. Nicolas Steno - Wikipedia

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    Niels Steensen (Danish: Niels Steensen; Latinized to Nicolas Steno [b] or Nicolaus Stenonius; [c] [8] 1 January 1638 – 25 November 1686 [9] [10] [NS: 11 January 1638 – 5 December 1686] [9]) was a Danish scientist, a pioneer in both anatomy and geology who became a Catholic bishop in his later years.

  4. Gray's Anatomy - Wikipedia

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    Gray's Anatomy is a reference book of human anatomy written by Henry Gray, illustrated by Henry Vandyke Carter and first published in London in 1858. It has had multiple revised editions, and the current edition, the 42nd (October 2020), remains a standard reference, often considered "the doctors' bible ".

  5. Opening credits - Wikipedia

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    The only credit at film's end is a listing of most of the cast, including cast members not listed at the beginning. These are set against a replay of some of the "'Consider Yourself" sequence. Some opening credits are presented over the opening sequences of a film, rather than in a separate title sequence.

  6. Spinal cord - Wikipedia

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    Sectional organization of spinal cord. The spinal cord is the main pathway for information connecting the brain and peripheral nervous system. [3] [4] Much shorter than its protecting spinal column, the human spinal cord originates in the brainstem, passes through the foramen magnum, and continues through to the conus medullaris near the second lumbar vertebra before terminating in a fibrous ...

  7. Payment card number - Wikipedia

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    A payment card number, primary account number (PAN), or simply a card number, is the card identifier found on payment cards, such as credit cards and debit cards, as well as stored-value cards, gift cards and other similar cards. In some situations the card number is referred to as a bank card number. The card number is primarily a card ...

  8. Cell (biology) - Wikipedia

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    The cell is the basic structural and functional unit of all forms of life.Every cell consists of cytoplasm enclosed within a membrane; many cells contain organelles, each with a specific function.

  9. Ear - Wikipedia

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    How sounds make their way from the source to the human brain. In vertebrates, an ear is the organ that enables hearing and (in mammals) body balance using the vestibular system.