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Lepraria is a genus of leprose (powdery) crustose lichens that grows on its substrate like patches of granular, caked up, mealy dust grains. [2] [3] Members of the genus are commonly called dust lichens.
Gynecomastia (also spelled gynaecomastia) [a] is the non-cancerous enlargement of one or both breasts in men due to the growth of breast tissue as a result of a hormone imbalance between estrogens and androgens.
Placidium arboreum is a squamulose lichen with squamules that become green when wet.. A squamulose lichen is a lichen that is composed of small, often overlapping "scales" called squamules. [1]
The abdominal cavity contains most organs of the digestive system, including the stomach, the small intestine, and the colon with its attached appendix.Other digestive organs are known as the accessory digestive organs and include the liver, its attached gallbladder, and the pancreas, and these communicate with the rest of the system via various ducts.
Assisted reproductive technology (ART) is the use of reproductive technology to treat low fertility or infertility.Modern technology can provide infertile couples with assisted reproductive technologies.
Manus of a rodent, Eurasian hamster Cricetus cricetus. The manus (Latin for hand, plural manus) is the zoological term for the distal portion of the forelimb of an animal. In tetrapods, it is the part of the pentadactyl limb that includes the metacarpals and digits ().
Euplectella is a genus of glass sponges which includes the well-known Venus' Flower Basket.Glass sponges have a skeleton [2] made up of silica spicules that can form geometric patterns.
Furcraea foetida (Giant Cabuya, Green-aloe or Mauritius-hemp) is a species of flowering plant native to the Caribbean and northern South America.It is widely cultivated and reportedly naturalized in many places (India, parts of Africa, Portugal, Australia, Thailand, Florida, New Zealand, and many oceanic islands).