Sentences with phrase «internal skeleton of»

The glasslike needles are sponge spicules, which form the internal skeletons of sponges.

Not exact matches

It's wild to realize that these internal jabs and pushes are the work of someone else's nervous system, skeleton and muscles.

Unlike most other cephalopods, the majority of octopuses - those in the suborder most commonly known, Incirrata - have almost entirely soft bodies with no internal skeleton.

Dismantling structural filaments within the cytoskeletons — the internal skeletons — of the endothelial cells creates the large holes, which can be several microns in diameter.

In the organoids, the scientists found such mechanical instability in two places: the cytoskeleton — the internal skeleton — of the cells in the center of the organoid contracted, and the nuclei of the cells near the surface expanded.

Some proteins give an organism's body its structure, whether in the cell's internal skeleton or in a strand of hair.

Two dozen full - body figures follow, each one more inside out than the last: a striding skeleton — the Runner — with all its muscles and tendons streaming backward off its bones like windblown ribbons; the skin - flaunting Muscle Man; the Goalkeeper, a muscular (and skinless) figure suspended horizontally in the air, one hand reaching out for a soccer ball, the other holding its full consignment of internal organs.

This unique combination of the genes demonstrates that there is a connection between exocytosis and the remodeling of the cell's internal skeleton, but what that connection is remains unclear.

In these chemical models, the area of the internal surface is more important than the dimensions and shape of the silicon skeleton.

This light was no more than a flash because, along with the electrical excitation of the silicon skeleton, irreversible chemical changes take place: the internal surface of the pores is immediately covered in a layer of insulating silicon oxide, which stops further electrical excitation.

The series of events involved rearrangment of the cell's internal «skeleton,» fibers that determine its shape and can transport items from one area of a cell to another.

Marine sponges build intricate skeletons with an internal structure made of glass needles by using enzymes known as silicateins that act both as catalysts that assemble the glass and as physical templates to form the material into needle shapes.

The most important thing about feeding puppies is that during this time of physical development the body's foundations are built for life — the formation and growth of muscles and skeleton, teeth, internal organs, immune system and the brain, along... Continue reading →

It contains dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate undecyclenic acid to soften the waxy skeleton of fleas, ticks, lice, mites, and other insects until the internal organs are saturated and the insect quickly dies.

The Veterinary Center offers state - of - the - art, non-invasive imaging services for the diagnostic evaluation of the internal organs, the skeleton, the brain, heart, teeth, and blood vessels in every species we treat.

Unlike other species of turtle that have external carapaces, the leatherback has a tough leathery skin and internal skeleton.

The extension is made of a curvilinear skeleton constituted of round steel hollow profiles across which a glass fibre woven textile membrane is stretched; five internal columns create the roof high - points and also convey the skylight inside.

Echinoderms take calcium carbonate out of the seawater and use it to make their internal and external skeletons.

«The good news,» says Professor Malcolm McCulloch, who led the study, «is that most corals appear to have this internal ability to buffer rising acidity of seawater and still form good, solid skeletons.»

Even at low speeds, the impact of heavy steel on the body's skeleton and internal tissues is severe.

The team led by engineering professor Sridhar Kota is studying the muscle tissues and internal organs of animals with no skeletons and have identified critical components known as elastofluids that will one day make it possible to create soft robots.