Sentences with phrase «other anatomical structures»

During open surgery, doctors rely on their sense of touch to identify the edges of hidden tumors and to locate hidden blood vessels and other anatomical structures: a procedure they call palpation.

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Based on the structure of Baby Louie's facial bones and other anatomical features, the team declared the dinosaur a new species.
Ultrasound vibrations penetrate bodily tissue including bone, and are widely used to image anatomical structures via echo effects, e.g. visualizing unborn babies in mothers» wombs, and organs, blood vessels, nerves and other structures in medical procedures.
Scientists have known since the 1950s that dogs and other keen - scented mammals such as rats and rabbits have a specialized anatomical structure in their nasal cavity.
The current model in neuroscience poses that memory is stored as long - lasting anatomical changes in synapses, the specialized structures by which nerve cells connect and signal to each other.
Current medical science puts the anatomical focus of OCD in the limbic system, which is an integrated network of brain structures in all mammals that is associated with various aspects of behavior and emotion, among other things.
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