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  2. Foramen ovale (skull) - Wikipedia

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    The foramen ovale is used as the entry point into the skull when conducting a Percutaneous Rhizotomy using either radio-frequency ablation, balloon compression or glycerol injection. These are performed to treat trigeminal neuralgia. In the procedure, the electrode is introduced through the cheek of an anesthetized patient and radiologically ...

  3. Cephalometric analysis - Wikipedia

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    Cephalometric analysis is the clinical application of cephalometry.It is analysis of the dental and skeletal relationships of a human skull. [1] It is frequently used by dentists, orthodontists, and oral and maxillofacial surgeons as a treatment planning tool. [2]

  4. Phrenology - Wikipedia

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    [9] [10] He contributed to the idea that the brain is spatially organized, but not in the way he proposed. There is a clear division of labor in the brain but none of which even remotely correlates to the size of the head or the structure of the skull. It contributed to some advancements in understanding the brain and its functions.

  5. Specimens of Archaeopteryx - Wikipedia

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    The single feather. The initial discovery, a single feather, was unearthed in 1860 or 1861 and described in 1861 by Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer.The fossil consists of two counterslabs, designated BSP 1869 VIII 1 (main slab) and MB.Av.100 (counterslab), which are currently located at the Bavarian State Collection of Paleontology and Geology of Munich University and the Natural History ...

  6. Archosaur - Wikipedia

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    Older definitions of the group Archosauria rely on shared morphological characteristics, such as an antorbital fenestra in the skull, serrated teeth, and an upright stance. Some extinct reptiles, such as proterosuchids and euparkeriids , also possessed these features yet originated prior to the split between the crocodilian and bird lineages.

  7. Acromegaly - Wikipedia

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    Acromegaly is rarely due to a tumor in another part of the body. Diagnosis is by measuring growth hormone after a person has consumed a glucose solution, or by measuring insulin-like growth factor I in the blood. After diagnosis, medical imaging of the pituitary is carried out to determine if an adenoma is present.

  8. Kalibangan - Wikipedia

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    Each house had a courtyard and 6–7 rooms on three sides, with a well in some houses. One house had stairs for going to the roof. Houses were built of 10 X 20 X 30 cm adobe bricks [5] (same as those used in second structural phase of fort wall). Burnt bricks were used in drains, wells, bathing platforms and door-sills, besides fire-altar.

  9. Kull of Atlantis - Wikipedia

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    Creatures on the Loose! #10 The Coming of King Kull! (The Skull of Silence!), Monsters on the Prowl #16 King Kull! (The Forbidden Swamp), Conan The Barbarian #10 Kull the Conqueror (The King and the Oak) Kull the Conqueror (Vol. 1) #1–9 December 2, 2009 978-1-59582-413-4: The Chronicles of Kull Volume 2: The Hell Beneath Atlantis and Other ...