Biology
- Which Of The Following Are Analogous Organs?
A) Thorns and tendrils of Bougainvillea and CucurbitaB) Mouth parts of honey bee and mosquito C) Forelimbs of whales, bats, cheetah and humans D) Eyes of Octopus and mammals The correct answer is: D) Eyes of Octopus and mammals...
- Hydrocephalus
Term: hydrocephalusLiterally meaning: "water in the brain?Origin: Anc Greek???o-/hydro-(=suffix denoting water) >????/hydor(=water)???????/cephalin(=head) Coined/HistoryHippocrates (5th century B.C.), is thought to be the first physician to document...
- Concha Or Conch
Term: concha or conchOrigin: Anc Greek??????/cochos(=alcove, shell) DefinitionAny body structure resembling a shell in shape, such as the external ear or turbinates in nasal cavity (nasal concha) ...
- Endoscope
Term: endoscope Origin: Anc Greek ????/endo(=within) + ??????/skopeo(=examine, look at) Coined: In 1585, Julius Caesar Aranzi (Giulio CEsare Aranzio, Arantius) (1529/1530-1589) was the first to use a light source for an endoscopic procedure, focusing...
- Pharynx
Term: pharynx (throat) Origin: Anc Greek ??????/fagima (=food) + ??????/agagon(carry) > ????? (Homer) simple past ?? of verb ?????/esthio(=eat). According to some dictionaries maybe there is a relation to ancient word ??????/pharanx(-chasm,...
Biology
polypus
Term: polypus
Origin: Anc Greek ?????????/polypodas(=octopus or any similar sea creature)
> ????/poly (=many) + ????/pous(=foot) à many feet
Coined : In Ancient Greek the term was reffered to octopus or to any similar mollusc. Later (18th cen) the term was extended to hydras and sea anemones. The medical sense of the word was coined by Hippocrates(5th cen) who was referred to nasal polypus ? Nasal polyps are sacs of phlegm that cause nasal obstruction and deranges the sense of smell? and tried to treat them with Hippocrates used tampoons dipped in honey and pepper .
Definition:
A polyp is an abnormal growth on the surface of a mucous membrane usually in nasal, uterus, colon and larynx.
Comments
In 1741 a Swiss naturalist Abraham Trembley wrote about his observations on sea small animal or plant ?organized bodies?. These organisms were previously noticed by Leeuwenhoek in 1702 and he was reffered to them as ?animalculum". This period of time René-Antoine Ferchault de R-Aumur stated that these ?polyps,? as he called them, were ?certainly animals? with the ability of regenarration like the Lernean Hydra (hydor=water), a water beast with many-heads with the ability for each head cut off it grew two more. In 1758, Carl Linnaeus used Hydra as a general term for polyps.
- Which Of The Following Are Analogous Organs?
A) Thorns and tendrils of Bougainvillea and CucurbitaB) Mouth parts of honey bee and mosquito C) Forelimbs of whales, bats, cheetah and humans D) Eyes of Octopus and mammals The correct answer is: D) Eyes of Octopus and mammals...
- Hydrocephalus
Term: hydrocephalusLiterally meaning: "water in the brain?Origin: Anc Greek???o-/hydro-(=suffix denoting water) >????/hydor(=water)???????/cephalin(=head) Coined/HistoryHippocrates (5th century B.C.), is thought to be the first physician to document...
- Concha Or Conch
Term: concha or conchOrigin: Anc Greek??????/cochos(=alcove, shell) DefinitionAny body structure resembling a shell in shape, such as the external ear or turbinates in nasal cavity (nasal concha) ...
- Endoscope
Term: endoscope Origin: Anc Greek ????/endo(=within) + ??????/skopeo(=examine, look at) Coined: In 1585, Julius Caesar Aranzi (Giulio CEsare Aranzio, Arantius) (1529/1530-1589) was the first to use a light source for an endoscopic procedure, focusing...
- Pharynx
Term: pharynx (throat) Origin: Anc Greek ??????/fagima (=food) + ??????/agagon(carry) > ????? (Homer) simple past ?? of verb ?????/esthio(=eat). According to some dictionaries maybe there is a relation to ancient word ??????/pharanx(-chasm,...