4 résultats pour "elastic"

• Earthquake.

  III CAUSES Most earthquakes are caused by the sudden slip along geologic faults. The faults slip because of movement of the Earth’s tectonic plates. This concept is called theelastic rebound theory. The rocky tectonic plates move very slowly, floating on top of a weaker rocky layer. As the plates collide with each other or slide past eachother, pressure builds up within the rocky crust. Earthquakes occur when pressure within the crust increases slowly over hundreds of years and finally exceeds...

• Lung. I INTRODUCTION Lung, either of a pair of elastic, spongy organs used

  lead to emphysema, which is caused by wholesale destruction of alveoli. Other lung disorders include pneumonia, or inflammation of the lungs, which is usually causedby viruses or bacteria; pneumothorax, or collapse of the lung; pulmonary edema, or fluid in the lung; and pleural effusion, or fluid on the pleura. Pulmonary embolismoccurs when a blood clot or other foreign substance lodges in the lungs and blocks the major pulmonary arteries. Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corp...

• Dientes - ciencias de la naturaleza.

  © Microsoft Corporation. Reservados todos los derechos. El ser humano tiene 20 dientes que utiliza durante la fase inicial del desarrollo de los maxilares y que reciben el nombre de dientes de leche o de la infancia. A medida quelos maxilares crecen, estos dientes son reemplazados por otros 32 dientes permanentes de mayor tamaño. Como resultado del crecimiento y ampliación de los maxilares,las raíces de los dientes de leche se separan y dejan espacio para que los dientes permanentes, más grandes...

• Spider (arthropod) - biology.

  The spider’s abdomen is soft and saclike. On the underside of the tip of the abdomen are three pairs of spinnerets. Each spinneret is studded with many fine, hairliketubes called spigots, which produce a variety of silk threads. The spigots lead to several large silk glands inside the abdomen. Silk is formed as a liquid inside theseabdominal glands. As the silk is drawn out through the spigots, protein molecules within the silk line up parallel to one another, causing the silk to harden and form...